On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 Gaertk at aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 10/16/2002 1:29:07 PM Eastern Standard >Time, David Silberstein <davids at kithrup.com> writes: > >[Aliera e'Keiron] > >>http://groups.google.com/groups?q=selm=GJL5JD.5F5@kithrup.com > >You need to remove the "q=" to make that link work. D'oh! Sorry about that. (Memo to self: *always* verify links) http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=GJL5JD.5F5@kithrup.com [Dragon Council gets testimony straight from Verra] >> I see that I was also speculating that perhaps Verra was >> not actually Aliera's genetic mother and that the >> Necromancer was the egg donor. >> Hmm. > >For some reason I don't remember that discussion, which is >odd since I was quoted in that post. Hrm indeed. > >Of course, they could have just gene-scanned her, and found >that she had enough e'Keiron genes to be heir regardless of >who her mother was. > True, but they would want to know who the mother is as well - with her blonde hair, for example, Aliera could be a Dragon-Phoenix crossbreed, and crossbreeding is Bad. But if they did the scan, and found Dragon genes (and e'Kieron lineage within that set of genes), and *no* other Dragaeran genes of any other House... They might then be willing to accept Adron's sworn testimony that Verra was Aliera's mother. Still, I think Verra herself telling the council is more amusing. :-)