David Silberstein writes:
>Vlad has received a course in Stealth 101 from *THE* absolute
>top-level Jhereg expert in stealth.
Ok...so why would Morrolan think Vlad appearing be anything other than
what it is?
>Morrolan not only never had the basics of stealth taught to him, he's
>quite aware of his own limitations in intrusion detection (which is
>to say, stealth being used tactically to penetrate defenses), which is
>why he hired Vlad in the first place.
Which is why that statement wouldn't make any sense if there weren't
anything funny going on.
I think.
>(I still think of the Vlad-has-super-taltos-powers-if-he-doesn't-eat
>idea as being *very* low probability, anyway)
It's an interesting theory. I don't know how likely it is, but it's
certainly interesting.
In any case, the quoted passage kinda reminds me of certain bits from
Agyar; it's possible it means nothing..but with SZB...it's best not to
assume that.
--
Joshua Kronengold (mneme at io.com) "I've been teaching |\ _,,,--,,_ ,)
--^--him...to live, to breathe, to walk, to sample the /,`.-'`' -, ;-;;'
/\\joy on each road, and the sorrow at each turning. |,4- ) )-,_ ) /\
/-\\\I'm sorry if I kept him out too late"--Vlad Taltos '---''(_/--' (_/-'