> On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Greg Rapawy wrote: > > > [Great big implied spoilers for _Orca_.] > > > > David Silberstein wrote: > > [quoting Philip Hart:] > > >> 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) > > > I note a certain subtle character mismatch between > > > the Kiera of "Jhereg" and the Kiera of "Orca" - in > > > "Orca", Kiera seems to me to be too distant > > > and self-controlled to do something so uninhibited > > > as that earlier smooch. Although maybe Vlad was > > > being unreliable about that kiss. > > > > Well, that may be in part because in _Orca_ we are > > hearing about Kiera from Kiera's point of view, and > > also because Kiera's story is framed as a conversation > > with Cawti. If at any time, past or present, Kiera > > might have regarded Vlad with more than sisterly > > warmth (which I sort of doubt to begin with, though if > > Aliera's comments from Jhereg are at all reliable we > > can't rule out something between Sethra and Dolivar), > > she surely wouldn't tell Cawti about it. > > Another splinter of thought on the matter - Sethra probably > has trouble getting dates (Vlad's speculation on Morrolan > notwithstanding). I imagine it must get lonely. Here's > Thomas Hardy on the subject of age and desire: > < here is where I snip Thomas Hardy > > > Maybe part of the purpose of Kiera was to have more > normal contact of various sorts with people (normal > to the extent permitted by her own off-putting legend). > > > - Philip > We know that another major character is not posing as someone else, but that clarification does not preclude Sethra from being one (or more) NPC's for her own amusement/entertainment. Nor do we know that in the past there was not a precurser to Keira as a learning exercise. W