On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, mary whalen wrote: > > --- Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> wrote: > > On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Bryan Newell wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Why hasn't any action been taken against Paarfi by the Empire for > > > publishing to the masses how to defeat the Orb? > > > > Because Paarfi is Sethra's mouthpiece, and no one wants to mess with > > her. > > > > Is this based on the theory that Sethra killed Tortaalik and set > Mario up to receive the blame/awe? I think I have to call the idea you cite a hypothesis. The mouthpiece idea is based on Paarfi's lapdog attitude towards Sethra throughout his works, his access to her private conversations, and his claimed insight into the councils of the gods. And perhaps on points which I've forgotten. It does tie in with the S-killed-T idea, of course.