David Silberstein <davids at kithrup.com> writes: [Vlad's missing finger] > Another possibility is that they're *all* true, to some > extent - a heavy weight crushes his little finger, which > makes him clumsy enough that the open-hand parry, occuring > fairly shortly thereafter, severs a large chunk of the > finger, and finally, the sorceror's spell destroys the last > bit. > > It might make for an engaging story, how seventeen > different mishaps occur to him, one after the other, > damaging and taking off little bits of his little finger, > where the final outcome is of course no finger at all. Vlad Taltos is an alternate universe version of James Nicoll? > "I stared at my bandaged hand. If I were superstitious, > I might suppose that fate or the gods were trying to > tell me something. > > I thought of giving the gods - or fate - a somewhat > different finger, but decided against it on the grounds > that they might indeed take offense, and /that/ finger > as well." hehe --KG