The servant who keeps the doors to Tortaalik's throne room (Dimma, I believe) in 500 Years After had a pet fish, or so Paarfi tells us. In addition to Hwdrfjanci's dog Buddy, I'm pretty sure pet cats (other than Ambrus) have been mentioned, too (although I think people have mentioned those already--I just didn't see anyone mention the fish). It could be all the cats are there to kill mice, but with anti-vermin spells and things, I don't think people like Morollan would need them except for decoration. Also, there are greeterbirds (whatever those may be), which sound like pets. bonham15 wrote: >don't ask me quote chapter and verse but i'm pretty sure in one of the >novels loiosh was making fun of someone's dog. > > >andy > > >>#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 >> >> >> >> > > > > -- J A Dusty Sayers Home Page http://www.sayersnet.com/~dusty/ Rescue the Princess http://www.sayersnet.com/~dusty/rescue/ 'The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.' --Henry David Thoreau, 'Walden'