Alexx Kay wrote: > > > > > s > > p > > o > > i > > l > > e > > r > > s > > > > f > > o > > r > > > > _TEoDM_ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > I wonder if here we see some evidence of a dual consciousness (not the > > right phrase but it's late) on A's part - he can see that the East has > > useful things to teach, even if he can't straitforwardly accept them. > > Much as (I think Paarfi suggests) he feels for Tazendra but won't act. > > Or perhaps he just sees the Easterners as a collective threat, and studies > them so as to be prepared to deal with that threat appropriately. Or maybe it's just an extension of House Lyorn being famous for keeping records of all the other Houses as well as their own. Perhaps they set apprentice Lyorn recordsmiths to practice on Easterner history before trusting them with Dragaeran? Karen