Dragaera

random comments on The Enchantress of Dzur Mountain: (spoilers removed)

Mon May 10 19:32:50 PDT 2004

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.