[names deleted] #>>>>>I think I recall in Taltos that Morrolan can see a lot better than #>>>>>Vlad. #> #>>>> Do you always generalize from a sample of one? #> #>>>This is (one hopes intentionally) very funny. #> #>> It is also a very good example of a snarky rhetorical question. I #>> would have been more courteous, but a response that paraphrased a line #>> from _Issola_ was just too good an opportunity to miss, as well as #>> being appropriate. #> #>That's what single quotation marks are for. # #Only if it's an exact quote, which this wasn't. Or is that a rule of #style that I am unfamiliar with? My friends and comrades, this is why emoticons are used. In cyberspace, no one can hear your tone of voice or read your facial expression or body language, whether you're saying something or reacting (with a wince or a grin) to something someone else has said. May I ask all present to return their weapons to their sheaths and join me in a glass of Piarran Mist? -- Mark A. Mandel http://world.std.com/~mam/Cracks-and-Shards/ a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website