On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Mark A Mandel wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Philip Hart wrote:
>
> #> >I believe oracularity is an official trait of Tiassas - see Mark
> #> >Mandel's page.
David S.:
> #> In other words, he was generalizing from one example.
>
> Well, yes. But the ability fits with incidents we have seen with other
> Tiassa. IIRC, Daro came to Khaavren's side because she had a strong
> sense that he needed her and a sense of where she was. Khaavren evades
> the assassin's strike from behind even though the assassin is perfectly
> and completely silent. Tiassa ARE more likely than members of other
> houses to have inexplicable insights.
Why do we keep refighting this? _Every_ Tiassa we've met has this
quality, except maybe Piro.
By the way, do people remember a certain prophetic dream at the end of
_TPotD_? And certain fatherly musings earlier in the volume?
> # Song of the Happy Slimos
>
> Ooh! Ooh! May I post this to rec.music.filk, with credit of course? Did
> you write it?
Yeah, that's me, help yourself. I was the unofficial poet of the
experiment, though I got a few bottles of wine and the occasional
free dinner out of the gig. The Slimos Blues at
http://hep.ucsb.edu/people/hart/poem/opalstuff.html
is in a similar vein. If one isn't amused by stuff like
Every K's mysterious
As the Trinity;
Who gave them permission
To violate CP?
most of verse there will probably seem irremediably twee.
- Philip