On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Philip Hart wrote: #Please see elsewhere in this thread for my assertion that #4.9k years is not in fact longer than Dragaeran lifetimes. Yeah, saw it after posting. #Presumably the next House would have something to say about the #non-transfer. Why? You're assuming that "one reign, one Emperor" is the rule. Why should it be? -- Mark A. Mandel http://world.std.com/~mam/Cracks-and-Shards/ a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website