On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Sean Whalen wrote: > > --- Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > > Loudin can't be dumb enough not to be aware of court conditions, esp. > > as she was a maid of honor to the consort. Tortaalik may drive off a > > cliff next century - Zerika's coming _now_. > > I mean Loudin's husband had to go to Khaavren and ask him how bad > things were likely to get (to learn if he should take his family out of > the city). If Tortaalik was about to become a grandfather he probably > would have made some arrangement to safeguard his daughter at this time. I don't think T is aware of the seriousness of the situation. IIRC he's still insisting on his room protocol as the Empire starts to burn. > > I think the lack-of-phoenix-flyby hypothesis fails, as Paarfi could > > hardly pass up such juicy gossip. > > There must be something implied by Loudin being Heir instead of whatever > child Noima bore, but he's able to forgo mentioning any gossip about > this. Unless it's just not a question of lineage - see parallel posts.