On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 18:31:38 -0500, you wrote: >Just finished reading _The Lord of Castle Black_. I'm way behind on >messages, because I've been avoiding reading them until I was finished. >Here's my initial thoughts and then I'll go read the other messages and find >out 10 other people have already pointed this out. > Snip to the one question I've got an answer to, maybe. >The first time Tazendra used the new & improved Orb, she nearly blew herself >to smithereens. The first time Oidwa the Tsalmoth used the Orb to prove to >Morrolan that it was back, she attempted to start a fire and succeeded with >no remark and no unintended effects. That struck me as inconsistent. I think the difference may be that Tazendra had been practicing sorcery during the Interregnum, whilst Oidwa had most likely not even tried once she found out the Orb was gone. So when Oidwa tries to start a single small flame, we see some flames, but when Tazendra tries to go all out and really push, things get wildly out of hand. -- lazarus "Folly it may seem," said Haldir. "Indeed, in nothing is the power of the Dark Lord more clearly shown than in the estrangement that divides all those who still oppose him." -- J.R.R. Tolkien