> > I confess that I am still puzzled as to why Aliera's soul was > > sufficiently valuable to be retrieved from the Paths by such > > extreme and unprecedently measures. > >Morrolan got the idea into his head. Once that happens, not >even Sethra Lavode is likely to be able to convince him to stop :-) And it's not like Morrolan didn't have a good reason for taking whatever risks were involved with going into the Paths to retrieve Aleria. She was the only possible person (that he knew of at the time) who could take his place as Dragon Heir. With the exception of Adron, we've never met a Dragon who wanted to be the Emperor. Heck, it's not too long after that that Aleria begins searching for a way to get herself out of being the Heir. Charley Sumner charles_sumner at harvard.edu "Let's not jump to any conclusions." "I didn't jump. I took a tiny step, and there conclusions were." Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Phases"