----- Original Message ----- From: "Jag" <agrajag at dragaera.net> To: <Gaertk at aol.com> Cc: <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 9:01 PM Subject: Re: The Plot is Discussed *spoilers for PotD* > On Tue, 2002-12-31 at 21:03, Gaertk at aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 12/31/2002 8:25:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, Steven Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >*** Spoiler Space -- PotD **** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >*** Spoiler Space -- PotD **** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Uh...did I put something in the book implying or stating > > > that it was Zivra who requested that Piro be sent for? If > > > so, that was *major* screw-up, and I just can't figure out > > > how I did that. I can't remember ever, during the writing, > > > thinking that was going on, and if I messed that one up, > > > I'm awful curious about how I did it, and how I can fix it > > > in future editions. > > > > No no, that was one of us. This thread started discussing > > what Sethra is doing and why, including her choice of Piro. > > Someone suggested that Zivra asked for him (giving a bunch of > > good reasons) and it appears a few people took that as fact > > before Jag and I could show up with counter-evidence. > > > > Actually, it was me who had fucked up. I forgot about some facts that > showed Piro was requested by Sethra, so I came up with my own thoughts > about why Piro was chosen. However, after posting them I went and > reread some of the actual sections and realized how off base I'd been. > > Jag > Just finished the book. I made the same assumption that she probably asked for him just to have a familiar face around. Can't say why I went there. Didn't pick it up from the mail-list as I've been avoiding the spoilers until tonight. If there was something explicitly establishing otherwise, I missed it. Maybe I got there because it's something many of us would have done in her place...... Don >