--- Kenneth Gorelick <pulmon at comcast.net> wrote: > There is one piece of Issola that I thought I > understood, but if it is > true that dragons cannot fly, then what is going on? > > Possible Issola Spoilers > > > > (Let's make this a three asterisk pause) > > > > > > > * > > > > * > > > > * > > > > p.233 > ...and there was a tremendous flash of light from > directly overhead > that left me seeing spots just as I was wondering if > I should get > involved somehow... The air had that queer tang it > gets after a heavy > thunderstorm. > "What was that Loiosh?" > "Something from that guy overhead, I think, Boss." > "Good. Did it accomplish anything?" > "I don't know. But one of them is down." > I saw it then--one of the Jenoine was down indeed, > and wouldn't be > getting up again, and there was no mystery about > what had taken it out: > the dragon was holding it down with two paws and > tearing chunks out of > the thing with its teeth... > > So, what was overhead if not the dragon? There is no > mention of any > other entity flying around. > > Also, as to the identity of the Dragon as Devera > (and I am aware of > certain ex cathedra comments): Since "Mommy isn't > allowed to know" > about Devera's existence, what explains Sethra's > comment to Aliera that > she should know who the dragon was? > > > Ken Gorelick > Early in the fight there is a god in the form of a dark cloud above the Jenoine: ------------------- Issola, Chap 15 There was even someone or something above the Jenoine--at least, there seemed to be a hovering sort of darkness about fifty feet up that appeared thick enough to either contain something sentient, or perhaps even to be something sentient, though if it was it was nothing I wanted to get to know … --------------------- I know I like dragons to fly, but there is something else up there. As to the Devera/Dragon thing, I always assumed that it was the same dragon from the paths of the dead, and any recognition would come from that. Recall that Steve said that nobody was anybody else. I don't understand where the whole Dragon-Devera thing started. Please help? Ken __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools