On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 07:30:38PM +0000, Becky Krause <cantatrix at hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello, all. > >> Personally, I believe Paresh's account. > >John Klein is on fire today, but I disagree with this. Aerich just > >wouldn't chase a Teckla or fire off lightning bolts. > Fun debate. Am I the only person who leaps to the middle ground? I figured > that what really happened was somewhere between the two versions we've > heard. Something like Paresh throws a spell and then runs off and hides, > assuming without looking back that the mean ol' Lyorn is after him. I think > it's also a good compromise between Teckla cowardice and Paresh's efforts > to rise above it. We know Paarfi isn't always completely honest, and I > don't think Paresh would outright make stuff up, as it would undermine his > whole point, but it certainly seems likely that he would exaggerate. That's exactly what I said in the very first post on this topic, after reading tEoDM for the first time. The difference in their accounts can be resolved by Paresh acting like a typical Teckla; as I recall I also commented that this would embarass the hell out of "revolutionary Teckla Sorceror Paresh" and so lying about it would not be surprising... but on the other hand, it's not a very flattering picture. -- Matthew Hunter (matthew at infodancer.org) Public Key: http://matthew.infodancer.org/public_key.txt Homepage: http://matthew.infodancer.org/index.jsp Politics: http://www.triggerfinger.org/index.jsp