On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 12:22:21 -0500, erik at debill.org <erik at debill.org> wrote: [...] > I believe that we saw Tazendra at least having flings with members of > other houses - Dzur might well just be less strict about that. You'll > note that it always seemed to be soldiers and other fighters she > flirted with. Flings and flirting might be wildly different things, though -- IIRC, an aspect of "courtly" behaviour was the frequent wielding of innuendo and flirtatiousness without any actual intent to follow through. C.F. Khaavren's courtly speech to Daro before he learns she is also of his house.