--- K Kuhn <kknolte at ecity.net> wrote: [...] > 3) It, and its variants, are meaningless phrases, > and Paarfi could have told an audience of > Dragonlords to do themselves the honor of thinking > they're Teckla, without needing to demonstrate the > ability to win a title in the House of the Dzur > immediately thereafter. Well, a certain historian *has* suggested that Paarfi may have received multiple lessons in swordplay from Aliera e'Kieron. I amused myself during my second reading of Paarfi's comments on Adron and Mario by speculating exactly when Aliera would drop her book and pick up her sword. Perhaps more than once -- and would the social calendar at Castle Black then include separate entries for the separate duels over separate paragraphs? -- Greg __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com