On Feb 20, 2004, at 10:53 AM, Jot Powers wrote: >> 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. > > A long time ago, someone said (and I paraphrase) > > "I think that dragon might be Devera" > > To which Steven replied with (and again I paraphrase) > > "Give that person a cigar" > > Thus making it canonical. > > I don't think that Devera showing up as a dragon violates > Steven's statements about noone being anyone else. > > As I recall, Vlad is admonished in _Taltos_ by Devera > not to tell her mom (Aliera) about her. He then goes > on to say "I met your daughter". I presume it's a > well known fact by _Issola_, even if she isn't born. > > (Regrettably I'm AFB, and Taltos isn't in the book search, > so I can't provide a textev for that, just my own failing > memory) > > -Jot > -- > Jot Powers <books at bofh.com> http://www.bofh.com/books/ > "I'm upping my standards, so up yours!" > -Pat Paulsen (1927-1997), Presidential Campaign Slogan > > Of course, "Give the man a cigar" is NOT equivalent to "yes, that is correct". It could have been sarcastic, misleading, or short for "kitty cigar". As we know, the omnipotent and omniscient may also be omnicapricious...