On 25 Feb 2003 at 13:20, Philip Hart wrote <snip> > 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. > > - Philip Didn't tDG think that starting a war and conscripting Teckla would end the budding revolution? I remember someone (possibly Vlad) arguing that it was too early in the cycle for the Teckla to be on the winning side of a revolution anyway. Maybe tDG was concerned over too many needless deaths. (It could happen.) M Michele Riccio Law Offices of Richard M. Costa 18 Tremont Street, Suite 601 Boston, MA 02108 617-742-4444 x 115