Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> writes: Quick poll: Is spoiler space still needed? [Talking about POTD, chapter 18, first page] > Allowing myself to speculate about another's speculation, > there's a list of admirable people which consists of Sethra > and Aerich. No Khaavren, no Pel, no Piro. It was Khaavren that really caught my attention, and then Piro. After all, the Paarfi books are (collectively) named after those two. > No Morrolan either for that matter, but maybe he's > considered to be still finding his way. That sounds good. (And I loved Paarfi's comments about his surprising motivational speeches.) > Anyway, perhaps Pel is playing a deeper game than we think Who, Pel? Nahh.... > (no, that's ridiculous, he's got all he wanted). Well, he got what was his final goal thrown at him unexpectedly (and nearly fumbled it). I assume he's got a whole bunch of power-enhancing plots and schemes still active that he'll have to shut down or otherwise change now. And if Zerika keeps him busy in his new job, he may forget one or two. > Hmm, no Zerika. Perhaps when the gossip breaks she'll have > Pel starred without a chance to orb-testify. I don't think the Bad Guys (or should I say Bad Gals?) actually intend to spread that gossip. After all, they believe it will harm Pel, not Zerika. I suspect they'll apporach Zerika somehow and tell her that Pel has been, well, indiscreet. > Perhaps Khaavren will have to kill Piro to prevent some > disaster. Perhaps someone else should try this guessing > game because the above isn't convincing even me. Well, only the last one fails to be reasonable (and therefore it's probably the one most likely to be true). --KG