> -----Original Message----- > From: Jag [mailto:agrajag at dragaera.net] > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 11:34 > To: Warlord > Cc: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Re: Speaking of Vlad and Kiera > > > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Warlord wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 2/19/2003 8:22:37 PM Eastern Standard > > > Time, Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> writes: > > > > > > [attrib lost] > > > >> Can anyone make sense of Kiera's subsequent comment, > > > >> in _Orca_ I think it was, that Verra had said it was > > > > > > > >I'm almost sure the comment was in _Taltos_. > > > > > > The vial itself only appears in _Taltos_, but it's discussed > > > in _Orca_, page 283: > > > > > > "And what was that whole business with the blood of the > > > goddess? Not that I haven't figured out who the goddess is." > > > > > > "I can't tell you that, Vlad. She said it was important for > > > you to have that vial, and that she, herself, didn't know > > > why." > > > > > > [And the next three lines are one of my favorite quotes.] > > > > > > > > > --KG > > > > > > > Now that I think back (rolls eyes for effect, see other thread), > > "blood of a goddess" is all that I remember mentioned. Naturally, > > the first assumtion is Verra, but do we have confirmation on > > that ? If not, well, Sethra was offered god-hood. Could the > > blood be hers ? > > Offered but never accepted. Remember, Sethra isn't allowed to leave if > she ever returns to the Paths, so her blood wouldn't help at all. > That is a valid theory. An alternative was that the offer itself included something that allowed her take that step. She just never took it. And the ability was not resended. I put forth the idea that the change allowed her to cross once. She just decided that Vlad should use it to cross back rather than she step through. W