S Lumley / s piotto wrote: > > [chop] > > > > > A related point - Dragaeran memory is impressive. Sethra has detailed > > > recollection of incidental conversations from (too lazy to check Alexx's > > > timeline) many hundreds of years ago (_Yendi_) which Vlad probably > > > misreports after a few years. The storage capacity, chemical stability, > > > filing heuristics, brain cell lifetime, ... involved are a triumph for > > > those lame guys (the Shaqs of the Dragaeran universe). > > > > I beg leave to slip the aforementioned line between your shoulder blades > > again. To think that Sethra is representative of the average Dragaeran > > is much too generous to said Dragaeran. I believe Sethra to be an > > extraordinary sample of Dragaeran: extremely powerful, long lived, > > undead, wise, etc. But otherwise, I would characterize Dragaeran memory > > as equal to human memory (although there has never been mention of > > mental ailments), with the notable difference that Dragaerans live > > considerably longer. > > > > Jose > > -- > > Jose Marquez > > jhereg69 at earthlink.net > > Actually... judging from Yendi i'd say that Sethra has something pretty > freaking wild going on in regards to memory. The scene around the table from > the Godslayer discussion I started earlier had an incident where Sethra digs > back several centuries to remember something. > > (To be precise, that Sethra herself was the one that made the accusation > against Norathar's family.) > > When she did it, she paused, rolled her eyes back into her head and tuned > everybody out for a moment. That doesn't sound anything close to normal > human memory. It sounds more like sorcery or witchcraft or just Sethra being > undead. That's pretty much what I meant in terms of Sethra. As David put it infinitely more succintly than I did, Sethra is a special case. I just jumped from Sethra to the average Dragaeran too quickly, without making it clear that I was no longer referring to her. Many pardons. Jose -- Jose Marquez jhereg69 at earthlink.net