At 04:09 PM 11/4/2003 -0800, Philip Hart wrote: >Aliera wouldn't call Skinter a snake. She wouldn't pull a grift with him >either... I have to find this one of the most compelling arguments. Sethra the Younger could be forgiven for her plotting in Yendi because she was still playing within the rules: she was trying to get a good position within the empire, she was not acting against the empire itself. Fighting against the re-establishment of the true empire is treason. Aliera would not deal with a traitor and Morrolan would not allow one in his house.