On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Timothy Nelson wrote: #I get the impression that the Serioli don't have an exactly...linear time #sense. #(This is of course assuming Draegeran time is linear -- there is some #credibility to the cycle-as-time-loop theory) That would be an interesting counterpart / opposite / parallel to the Jenoine's very non-human* relation to space. (*For this purpose, Easterners and Dragaerans can be considered the same.) -- Mark A. Mandel http://world.std.com/~mam/Cracks-and-Shards/ a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website