Philip Hart writes:
>Just wanted to note that for all we know, many reigns may end when the
>old emperor gets bored or dies.
It's possible, but IIRC, the numbers we have indicate that a change in
emperor does not -necessarily- indicate a change in Cycle -- isn't the
largest amount of time a house can remain ascendant longer than the
usual Dragaeran lifetime?
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