In a message dated 2/19/2003 7:33:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, David Silberstein <davids at kithrup.com> writes: > Gaertk at aol.com wondered aloud to the group: >> Of course, I think that whole book was just a scheme by >> Sethra (or Verra) to put M&A in Vlad's debt. > > And yet it seems overly convoluted to me, especially since > Sethra had no way of *knowing* that Vlad would be able to > teleport the goddess blood and help Morrolan live. Morrolan was never intended to go to the Paths. > And what does that debt achieve? The friendship between Vlad and Morrolan has been very beneficial to them (and to Sethra and others). > Aliera would have been in Vlad's debt, but sacrificing > Morrolan to achieve that goal seems pointless. See above. > No, I think at least at that level, the straightforward > explanations make more sense. Sethra and Morrolan needed > to get Aliera-in-staff and then get her out of that staff, > ASAP (perhaps Aliera would have presumably been lost if she > was not extracted fast). Why? Aliera spent a quarter millenium in a field, then another quarter millenium in a staff, but suddenly Sethra can't wait a few weeks to take care of the Jenoine? [Note: Sethra never said why she couldn't leave. Vlad (and most readers) assume it was the Jenoine incident (which isn't talked about much either).] --KG