On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Jerry Friedman wrote: > --- Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Jerry Friedman wrote: > > > > > --- Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote: > > > Sorry, what I wrote was unclear. I meant that at the end of _Jhereg_, > > > one of the good guys should be able to find Vlad and help him fight > > > Mellar, since Vlad would presumably be cooperating with the search. > > > > Aliera was indisposed, Vlad couldn't be distracted, and witchcraft isn't > > a quick science... > > But where were Cawti, Daymar, Sethra (we now know, but Vlad didn't), > the Necromancer, Kragar, Fentor, the Left Hand? Sethra was, uhh, busy. I don't know what the others should have done. > And Vlad couldn't be distracted, but he could have previously > contributed a lock of hair so someone could do a location spell, or > made a homing amulet with witchcraft+sorcery so someone could find > him with some quick sorcery and teleport in. Slice, dice, no need > to make friends with wild jhereg. Perhaps. I'm skeptical about using witchcraft. Using sorcery would not necessarily be quick - there was presumably a large area to search - all of Dragaera. Also note that the operation was set up under extreme time pressure. [are Morrolan/Aliera smart?] > > I think it's a Dragon thing, like "You're a Tiassa--think of > something!" and the answer, which I don't quite remember. I don't think Vlad would like them as much if they weren't smart - nor would we. > > I meant, becoming more considerate in the course of _I_ under Teldra's > > instruction. He's still stepping on M/A's toes and lauding his skills > > as a jongleur before the battle, still acting like a child in front of > > Verra... > > Only the remark about organizing the Eastern defenses, as far as I > noticed. This the Necromancer and I can just ascribe to Vlad having Teldra on his hip.