On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Matthew Klahn wrote: #While I don't have any text references available, it seems that we #might not be able to use Loiosh in any life-span calculations of #jhereg, since it appears that Ambrus the cat has been Noish-pa's #familiar for as long as Vlad can remember, which appears to be longer #than the normal life-span of a domesticated cat. My impression of that #was always that witches can extend their own lives, and also the lives #of their familiars through heavy drug use, er, herbal supplementation. #Yeah, vitamins, that's it. >From memory: female jhereg: "And what will you offer it in return?" Vlad: "Long life, my friendship, and food without hunting." I'm not sure on the exact words, but "long life" was in there. #And, while I don't recall seeing any dogs (assuming that Lyorn are a #different species than dogs) Oh, Lyorn are certainly a different species. Is Aerich a dog? And lyorn are also not dogs. "Lyorn growls and lowers horn." -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website