Steven Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> writes: >At 02:18 AM 3/21/2003 -0500, Claire Rojstaczer wrote: > >> Vlad could have been lying -- he certainly lies to Savn >> about enough other stuff -- but why lie about that? What >> motives does Vlad have for keeping his (somewhat less than >> shining) military career a secret? > > That one's easy enough. He was lying simply because he > didn't want to talk about it. But it wasn't a lie. Vlad was, briefly, part of a mercenary company involved in a dispute between Dragons. Nothing at all like being conscripted into the army (which was what was being discussed). --KG