On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, Jerry Friedman wrote: # #--- Kenneth Stone <knots4kcs at yahoo.com> wrote: #> > > This thought occurred to me as well, so I was #> > *very* interested, #> > > not to mentioned surprised, when I found out she #> > did not know #> > > about spellbreaker, because that means THE task(s) #> > she has in #> > > mind for him is unrelated. This intrigues. #> > #> > It doesn't necessarily mean that. She may have just #> > not known that #> > the destiny she knows about, or the task she has in #> > mind, is related #> > to Spellbreaker. It is still interesting, though. #> #> What makes you (anybody) think that she doesn't #> know? # #ISTR that she's surprised when she first sees it, which must #be in _Taltos_. I suppose she could just be surprised that #Vlad has it *already*. Or she could have not put two and two #together, or she could be acting. (It strikes as very likely, #though not certain, that she's acting later in _Taltos_, during #the discussion of who's going to leave the Paths.) Or she knew he was going to get a GW but didn't know more than that. And the connection of Spellbreaker to Gs *was* a weird one. (As if we had some idea of what's normal for a GW.) But even if there's no fate, destiny, prophecy, etc., involved, or if there is but Verra doesn't know about it, influence over that reincarnated soul still looks like a good bet for her. -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website