More specifically, > if the Orb can be > new and improved, would that imply the Cycle can be > as well? (This > possibly being an explanation as to why Adron could > be, ahem, good > friends with a goddess and yet think the Cycle could > turn to Dragon > rather than Reborn Phoenix with a little > pre-Imperial sorcery). Or is > the Orb more something that can keep track of what > the Cycle looks like > now, but it can't actually affect it (in which case, > what is the Cycle, > and who created it?) > A question and a statement. Question- Where does it say the Orb was improved while it was in the Path of the Dead? Where am I missing this little kernel of knowledge? Statement-I think Adron was just a little crazy/power hungry. How could he lost count of the Cycle, especially when Aliera told him it was the reign of a decadent Phoenix and that only happens at the end of the 17th Cycle. ===== Doc www.toubib.us __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/