On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:56:31 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: > > >Spoiler space inserted > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Loved all of it until the end. >> >> I don't care what careful plot twist is necessary in order to have Piro be >> in the company of bandits for the next book. There is no way that the son >> of Khaavren could turn against his own character, his friend the Empress, >> the dignity of the respected personages he had encountered, and turn bandit >> just because he had too few funds and his father wouldn't let him marry the >> dzur. > >He is young, male, in love, and thwarted in that love. Such persons are >not known for their exceedingly rational behaviour. He may well come to >regret his hastiness, but I find it a plausible course of action. > Indeed, I found it almost inevitable. -- 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