Michael Barr wrote: > A propos the problem of a Phoenix succession, what about all those > purebred scions of the house whose birth was not graced by a phoenix > passing overhead? What are they? And could one of them sire a Phoenix? Hmm. I never thought of that. I'd say Steve's got plenty of options for dirty rotten sneaky underhanded author tricks. Suffice to say, when the time comes for a new Phoenix to be revealed, I don't doubt that he can pull one out of his hat. C.