--- Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> wrote: > > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Jerry Friedman wrote: > > > --- Mark A Mandel <mam at theworld.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Steve Simmons wrote: > > ... > > > > > #And when action comes to the cusp, who's on the front lines? > Sethra, > > > #Vlad, the Necromancer, Devera. Verra's a ways back in the ranks. > > > > > > That can be fairly attributed to generalship (non-Dragon style) or > > > manipulation. Was Eisenhower ever in front-line battle (as a > General)? > > ... > > > > Anyway, I don't think it's true. As I recall, Verra jumped on a > > Jenoine like a tag fighting in a brothel, or something. > > Corrolary: Verra has to be humiliated to make Sethra more heroic... Hm... I couldn't figure out why Verra was so ineffectual against the Jenoine, especially in view of her boast earlier ("They still have reason to fear me", or something.) On the other hand, I wouldn't have minded a bit if she had killed one. Gandalf doesn't detract from Aragorn. -- Jerry Friedman __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools