On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Philip Hart wrote: >On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, David Silberstein wrote: > >> >> [On the original subject of Dzur and cross-House shenanigans] >> > >> [spoiler space for /Lord of Castle Black/ inserted again] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Ah, yes. I see that I forgot to mention Tazendra and her desire >> for a permanent union with Aerich. > >Not a desire exactly - she wouldn't act on it if she could, for >example. Would she not? One of my pararectal notions is that if Aerich, were, say, severely injured, Tazendra might insist on nursing him back to health. And Aerich might agree, in a moment of weakness, to allow the nursing to become a little more intimate than necessary. And Tazendra might somehow forget the elementary sorcerous precautiouns, and become pregnant. And the result might be that rather fierce young man wearing Lyorn colours claiming to be the Duke of Arylle, who challenges Paresh (Tazendra presumably telling him that his father was a Lyorn, and the Duke, but being too embarrased to admit that she is his mother, and that the youth is thus a crossbreed). Hmm. It might work better the other way around, with Tazendra being injured (and thus unable to perform the sorcery), and Aerich giving in to her upon seeing her so vulnerable. Or perhaps both of them might be injured, and are unable to resist falling into each others arms. > >> It occurs to me that in /Sethra Lavode/, Khaavren may well see Illista >> for the first time in 700 years or so, recalling to him, no doubt to >> his great embarrassment, his own youthful cross-House lust. Perhaps >> he will be prompted to seek forgiveness from Piro, who, after all, is >> not much older than Khaavren was at that time. > > >I think the taboo is not sleeping across the tracks >but marrying/hybridizing across the tracks. I don't >recall anyone being shy about noting the former. > True, true. I entirely agree. But Khaavren was not merely in lust, but also apparantly in love, so he might understand Piro's *desire* to shack up with Ibronka. Yet I note that Khaavren does not even offer his son the possibility of merely being Ibronka's lover - he is too outraged to even think of suggesting that Piro and Ibronka give their feelings some time to vent, and perhaps cool down. Silly Khaavren.