On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, David Silberstein wrote: # So it may be that in #Fenario, Dragaerans to the West of the Mountains of Faerie are called #elfs, and a Dragaeran wandering around inside Fenario is called a #demon, out of sheer ignorance (Miklos doesn't call Devera a demon #because he's neither ignorant nor stupid nor rude). Also, Devera - is a child of about, what, 8 or 9 years' age (Easterner) in appearance. How noticeable is the height difference at that stage? Do we have any textev? - appears without warning in the middle of a wilderness, at the top of a cliff (right? AFB...) Sheer startlement and surprise, IMHO, give Miklos more than adequate reason for not having the thought "this is an elf child" at the top of his mind. -- Mark A. Mandel http://world.std.com/~mam/Cracks-and-Shards/ a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website