> <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 Heh. I can hear her now --- "Save the revolution for your children. You've got to to sacrific now. Oh look, there's a nice village...." W