Dragaera

D or A, there is no question (Issola Spoiler) (was Great Weapons)

Mon Aug 18 00:48:48 PDT 2003

Issola (paperback) pg. 230

Sethra is speaking of the "person" in question:

"Not now," said Sethra. She frowned, and finally said, "Very well. Leave
_her_ alone, we'll adjust."

Key word there: HER

Daemian "Spayde" DuMonde


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philip Hart" <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU>
To: "David Silberstein" <davids at kithrup.com>
Cc: "Dragaera List" <dragaera at dragaera.info>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: Great Weapons (Issola Spoiler)


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> On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, David Silberstein wrote:
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> >   [Spoiler for /Issola/]
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> > On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Kenneth Gorelick wrote:
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> > >It may be generally accepted, but it does not sound right. Especially
> > >since Aliera is not supposed to know about Devera.
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> > It is not merely accepted, but rather it comes from a canonical
> > source:
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> > http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3B565028.844182AD@dreamcafe.com
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> > 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.
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> Or perhaps Sethra is just being snarky - we've seen how much she enjoys
> baiting A.
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> 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.