Philip Hart wrote: > Sethra's been fighting them for 100-200 kyears or more. Either they > are totally random (i.e., not intelligent) or they have some set of > motives, which should to some extent be apparent. They have a > language, they can work out deals with assassins. The explanation in > _Issola_ is that the J are too dumb to understand human motives. Or time doesn't mean to them what it does to Sethra. We do know that Sethra the younger was sent to a universe where time moved faster - for her punishment. (Why isn't that universe used as a tool?)