David Silberstein writes: I don't agree that it is necessarily foolish to go against the Gods - after all, given all we've seen of them, they are certainly neither omniscient nor omnibenevolent nor unbiased. Perhaps Kelly knew of Miklos' and Bolcsesseg's successful actions against Verra, and had in mind that revolting against the Gods was not entirely out of question. Kelly didn't exactly have a táltos horse by his side. And he's not merely trying to defy the gods. rone -- Light stupidity decays into heavy stupidity. This violates energy conservation, but that's stupidity for you. - Rich Holmes <rsholmes+usenet at mailbox.syr.edu>