On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Chris Olson - SunPS wrote: #"Sunny Han" wrote: #> small invisible lights? #> #> Distant stars? # #My theory on this: # #Because of the Enclouding, you can't see them; hence, #invisible. And yes, stars. # #The Serioli was just being blunt, and Vlad is no good #unless there's subtlety involved. <grin> The Easterners are the original stock from which the J developed the Dragaerans. So "from the small invisible lights" = "from the stars" = "brought here from another planet". -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website