> >The author throws himself at your feet? > > You're really getting the hang of "how to be snarky", aren't you? ;-) Got dumped at least once today, it provokes some bitterness. Or this list is wearing off on me. Or I'm jealous. > > >I sure misinterpreted that passage - thought Vlad was embarrassed > >about his sentimentality/honor. Are there open instances of Loiosh > >embarrassing Vlad? > > You mean like many -- indeed, most -- of the times that Loiosh says > something snarky and Vlad says "Shut up, Loiosh?" He's not embarrassed then, is he? I thought that was banter. Or stress-relieving insults. I don't recall Loiosh showing Vlad up. That would actually be interesting - conflict between witch and familiar - given that they're stuck together. > I suspect that by referring to catamites a few sentences previous, > Vlad opened himself up to a whole world of snark from Loiosh. Just to further expound on my misinterpretation there, I was thinking that Kiera had made a move on Vlad at some point (in Jhereg we see them smooch a little I think) and ran into his Eastern morality, hence the embarrassing reference. - Philip