At 21:17 2/19/2003 -0500, Mark A Mandel wrote: >There's a passage where Vlad, Morrolan, & Aliera are sitting around in >Castle Black and, approximately, Morrolan says something about "that >thing", referring to Loiosh, then cocks his head as if listening and >says to L., "You, that's who I'm calling a thing." Do we ever see >Loiosh communicating with anyone else than Morrolan, other than Vlad and >Rocza? > >Also, near the end of (_Phoenix_? the "work" on Greenaere Island), >Loiosh told Morrolan of Vlad's captivity, after his heroic flight across >the water and up to Castle Black. That was off stage, but IIRC not in >doubt. > >It's not so clear (I think-- AFB) how he brought Noish-pa near the end >of _Teckla_. ISTM that the simple fact of his showing up without Vlad >would have conveyed a lot to Noish-pa, and Loiosh might have flown over >to his sword as a way of telling him, "Bring this!" > >More distantly, does he communicate with Noish-pa's familiar Ambrus (a >cat)? > >-- Mark A. Mandel > http://world.std.com/~mam/Cracks-and-Shards/ > a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website Cawti "The couple that heaves together, cleaves together." W