Andrew Bailey wrote:
> David Silberstein wrote:
>> Note: spoilers below.
>>
>>
>> Another possibility that occurs to me is that Aliera may have been
>> too proud to tell her father about the arrest, since that might have
>> a taint of cowardice ("Oh Daddy, I've been arrested, come save me!").
>>
>> But maybe not. See below.
>
> Actually, that makes more sense to me, especially when its
>
> "Oh Daddy, I have been arrestted for helping a Jehreg Assain escape
> cause he was cute."
>
> That one might not go down quite well.
>
>>
>> Gametech wrote:
>>
>>
>>> [The prisons have black phoenix stone, which prevents such
>>> communication.]
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Andrew Bailey wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Not really. Given that they are different buildings :)
>>>
>>> They may have used Black Phoneix stone in the old building, but then
>>> they may not have, since psionic communication wasn't particullary
>>> common.
>>>
>>
>>
>> It was uncommon, but it was known. There may have been some
>> situation, early in the history of the Empire, where the ruler needed
>> to be sure that prisoners who were also sorcerors were unable to
>> communicate at all with the outside, and the only way to do that was
>> to use black phoenix stone. So it may be a traditional component of
>> all prisons, not just the one in Adrilankha.
>>
>
> Yes but was it known that Black Phoenix stone stops psionics :)
>
> If psionics weren't _that_ commonly used then finding out that
> information is not that likely.
>
> And when I say uncommon, its like really uncommon.
>
> Basically the impression I got was psionic communication required a
> quite substantial link , and a great deal of compentance on both sides
> or devices.
>
>
> Of cource there are exceptions but you're unlikly to be imprisoning
> either of those[1].
>
> And anyway I didn't say that it didn't I just said you cannot infer
> from the construction of one prison, the constructions of all prisons.
>
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Even if it is the most likely conclusion? If Adron Knew that was good enough
for him to inquire to Aliera, From the way I gathered things if Aliera said
'Daddy I helped a Jhereg Assassin that wants to kill the Emperor out' I
doubt he'd have been reprimanding her, or at least I think that Aliera
wouldn't fail to tell her father because she was embarrassed.. err.. is
Aliera capable of being embarrassed?, heh.
My basis was on two specific things 1. I'm damn sure (unless my perceptions
deceive me) that Phoenix stone (black) exists in the Empire's capital city's
dungeon (of Vlad's time) and 2. that that dungeon/prison/hotel room
depending on who you are was the Empire's capital city's and it's not like
we are comparing two random apples one being granny smith and the other
being yellow delicious we are comparing two very similar things the prisons
of the Empire's capital city, and moreover we know that Aliera and Adron
were capable of, etc., etc.