On Tue, 4 May 2004, Kenneth Stone wrote: > > --- Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > spoilers for TEoDM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't understand why the Athyra don't recognize Zerika straight off > > - don't they have to internally acknowledge her in order to access the > > Orb? > > Perhaps they are going at it old school. I think with the Athyra it's > more about academic-type respect (like winning chess or proving a > theory) than power, and are simply tring to negotiate for a better > position. Or perhaps they knew the odds on the Empire/Orb winning > better than anyone else. Perhaps someone will remind us about Paarfi's (possibly Vlad's) comment about useless knowledge, which I believe referred to the Athyra. Something about u.k. being to them as a dull sword to the Dragons. Comment for Mark Mandel - the plural of "Dragon" is "Dragons", the plural of "Lyorn" is "Lyorn". > > I don't however understand Khaavren's assertion that the post can > > carry a message to anywhere in the Empire in three or four days... > > I thought the estimate was for the new telepathic EmpEx system. That was 3/4 hours. Comment for someone: I belive that Vlad somewhere says one can't lie over a psychic line. This should have business etc. consequences if true.