On Mon, 10 May 2004, Casey Rousseau wrote: > Philip Hart wrote: > > 1. Random comments - Clari makes an offering of "wheat and tears" - I > > wonder if that should be "tares", as in > > Tares are weeds. I find it unlikely that any offerring would ever be > made of tares. Tears, on the other hand, are a wonderful offering. Matter of taste I think. A Teckla must spend a hundred years pulling weeds - or tilling in order to bury weed seeds. A Dragon might consider a defeated enemy's sword the best offering - a Teckla might consider uprooted weeds similarly. Especially since tare grows among wheat. Plus I think tares can be vetch or rye, useful plants.