--- wamydia <wamydia23 at yahoo.com> wrote: > Amy said: ... > Jerry Friedman said: > > Vlad could improve Aliera's and Morrolan's odds > > greatly by > > telling either of them what he learned from Daymar's > > mind-probe. > > Even easier would be advising Aliera to make the > > trade > > with StY and then fence a little with Morrolan or > > Sethra Lavode, > > but I can see that might not change anything--Aliera > > might still > > prefer to fight. > > ... > > > > I have often wondered why V just didn't spill the > beans to A and have done with the whole mess. She > would have had a great reason to trade with StY then > and, if she preferred to fight for it, she would have > been able to arrange it on her own terms. Either way, > V would have been able to just forget about it. Then > again, V is pretty contrary. I think he greatly > enjoys having secrets about things that M and/or A > really want to know. Well, there's that. What are friends for, after all? > > Amy said: > > > This could fit easily with the idea that > > Pathfinder's > > > appearance is actually what put StY out. Maybe > > > Pathfinder zapped her because StY was the wrong > > person > > > to be wielding Pathfinder. > > > > Then Jerry Friedman said: > > It would have been nice for Vlad to mention it, or > > maybe Aliera-- > > and then why would Morrolan have taking credit for > > saving Aliera? > > (In fact why does he do that anyway? She would have > > been a lot > > safer if he hadn't shown up.) > > I don't remember Morrolan taking credit. . . I will > have to reread. Anyway, if he was talking to or in > the vicinity of A at the time, he may have been doing > it just to get an argument started. It would be good > to have some clarification of what happened, but I do > recall A saying something to the effect that > Pathfinder found its way to her and V being confused > about what in the world she meant. It seems like it > was at the end of the fight we are discussing or > possibly at the beginning of Jhereg or Yendi. Does > anyone remember this? I'm at work again and can't > check my books. It's in the Epilogue of _Dragon_. As I recall, Vlad didn't seem confused so much as disgusted. ... Jerry Friedman __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html