> From: Mark A Mandel [mailto:mam at theworld.com] > No, that wouldn't make sense. Vlad is an *Easterner*: his > ancestors for > >200 millennia, down to (probably) Noish-pa, have lived east of the > Mountains, with no Overcast or Enclouding or Hand of Faerie. Noish-pa > has shown him the Furnace in his own (N's) memories. Whatever > the J. did > to the Easterners genetically, it can't have made them intolerant of > sunlight. Living in a less bright area for sufficient years is enough to make bright light uncomfortable. I imagine Vlad could "re-adapt" and get used to bright sunlight, but initially, it would be uncomfortable. Iain