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) > > > 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.