On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, James Griffin wrote: > >From: Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> > >I don't see how the conflict forshadowed in Aerich's oddly-sent letter > >will unfold. > > > > As I recall, Aerich actually either burned or ordered the letter to be > burned, and I don't think that inplies that the letter was sent (through > means mystical, after all, no Orb yet). After all, why send notice to a > Yendi that you are preparing to oppose him? (In my humble recollection of > the matter, and subject to that limitation) This is a case of apparently being unclear in a failed attempt to express something in a novel way. The letter is burnt, the message is not transmitted; Aerich knows that there's nothing he can say to Pel that the Yendi doesn't already know. Note that we've already seen hints of the no doubt inevitable natural tension between Lyorn and Yendi at the end of _FHYA_.