Hey, I never noticed the initials - does Loiosh perch on Vlad's left shoulder and Rocza on the right? - Philip On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Mark A Mandel wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Steven Brust wrote: > > #Oh, and the other thing is that the jhereg does not have four legs. That's > #the cover artist's rendition. I think it's a great cover, but that doesn't > #mean it's accurate. :-) > > Yikes! That rendition -- those renditions -- have gotten pretty solidly > into my mental imagery. > > So how DO you imagine a jhereg? I'm pretty sure I recall text about L. > (and maybe R.) eating fastidiously with their claws, but maybe that's > just my own imagination. If they have two legs and two wings, the most > obvious way is like terrestrial birds, standing on one claw and using > the other to grasp. > > -- Mark A. Mandel > http://world.std.com/~mam/Cracks-and-Shards/ > a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website > > >