--- Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote: > > > On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Scott Schultz wrote: ... > > That indicates to me that Kiera is NOT Aliera's personal friend and so > does > > not know the Secret. The incident in Jhereg where they acknowledge > knowing > > one another must just indicate what it appears to - that they are > acquainted > > in some fashion that we're yet unaware of. This goes against my own > theory > > that the scene in Jhereg indicated Aliera's knowledge of the Secret, > but I > > think the evidence in Orca is stronger. > > I think Vlad shades the truth a bit in _Jhereg_, for reasons of trust > perhaps, and his depiction of Kiera's relationship with Aliera struck me > as such an instance. Or it's just not canonical. Or V was just amusing > himself (if say it would be absurd for A and K to be buddies). I at > least > don't see Aliera tossing back brewskis with a thief. All she says is that they've met, not that they're buddies. Anyway, nobody seems to think there's anything untoward about Kiera's being at Morrolan's permaparty in _Jhereg_, so they could easily have met at the party at some point. (Or at some lively tavern on New Year's Eve, or on some beach while vacationing, or whatever.) > Otoh Aliera's > relationship with Jheregs is sufficiently complex (at least if you > believe > Paarfi's account of her nooner with Mario) that anything's possible. True. Jerry Friedman __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail