> During that window visit in _P_, Veera reveals (in a conversation in which > she is bizarrely deferential to Vlad, or rather he presents her that way) > that she had expected Kelly to do something else, something which would > help Dragaerans and Easterners. Any ideas? Speculation: she thought K > would go along with conscription so he could argue that since the > Easterners had helped with the war they should be treated better. This > seems to assume too much naivete' on K's part. Actualy, I think Verra assumed that Kelly would understand that, if he went against the Empire, he and all his little Revolution Buddies would be creamed and fed to the wild Orca as midsummer treats. But we've seen, through a couple of sources, that Verra does not know all. And Kelly's a fanatic, so.... Chris