On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, David Silberstein wrote: > > [Spoiler for /Issola/] > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Kenneth Gorelick wrote: > > >It may be generally accepted, but it does not sound right. Especially > >since Aliera is not supposed to know about Devera. > > It is not merely accepted, but rather it comes from a canonical > source: > > http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3B565028.844182AD@dreamcafe.com > > > Perhaps Sethra or Verra has told Aliera of Devera. Or perhaps a > powerful sorcerer such as Aliera should recognize her daughter's soul, > even if she doesn't know she will have a daughter yet. Or perhaps Sethra is just being snarky - we've seen how much she enjoys baiting A. I personally hate Devera-as-dragon, but that's just me. It occurs to me that D is the personification of the Plot, or anyway the Cycle. This is another reason to resurrect A - she has to give birth to the ordering principle of the universe.