In a message dated 12/8/2002 12:03:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, Jag <agrajag at dragaera.net> writes: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > I think the tampering did happen and is there to explain > how teleportation and mental contact are so much easier. > When did Verra say she didn't think it was tampered? *flipping through Phoenix to find the place.. not where I expected it...* _Phoenix_, p. 117: : Sorecery was all but impossible then, so that only the most : skilled could perform the simplest spells. Conversely, : this skill was passed on and retained, and taught to those : whose interest ran in that direction. What was the result? : Now, when the Orb is back, sorcery has grown so strong from : the new skills that what was incoceivable before the : Interregnum, and impossible during it, is now commonplace. Now that I've re-read it, she doesn't actually deny any tampering. And of course, this is the same page where she tells us the Interregnum lasted 497 years.... Coincidentally, I've also been re-reading page 117 of _Issola_ concerning Verra's family. --KG