On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, David Silberstein wrote: > > Aliera's use of the word "snake" is interesting. It might apply to > either Skinter (as a rebel), or a Dragon-Yendi (or Dragon-Jhereg, > jhereg are also reptiles) half-breed. It may well be that Dragons don't do field intelligence ops - as you point out above, Pel is good at that. Note that Vlad&Loiosh in _Dragon_ rather easily perform such maneuvers, possibly indicating a lack of defenses. Maybe Kragar's talents in this area were considered prima facie (so to speak) evidence that his genes aren't suitable for the House. Aliera wouldn't call Skinter a snake. She wouldn't pull a grift with him either...