lazarus wrote: > Found it. Phoenix paperback, pp 117-118: Thank you! I had, in fact, forgotten the time reference. Oh, darn, I'm going to have to go back and read Brust. I'm all upset. <grin> I'll eat my comments as regards time. :) It does bring to mind a question, though: > "But the truth he has based his policies > on, the fuel for this fire he is building, has no such strength in the > Empire. Perhaps in ten thousand years, or a hundred thousand, but not > now." My understanding is that the Empire is governed, ultimately, by the Cycle (at least to the Dragaerans, I can't remember how the Lords of Judgment view the subject). If Kelly's truth has no strength in the Empire, but might sometime in the future, what might this say about the future of the Empire and the Cycle? What's she trying to say, here? And how much of it is what she means, compared to what Vlad hears? Hmm... ChrisO