On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:09:51 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: >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 What's the length of the cycle again? Possibly Kelly's policies would work when the Teckla are ascendant?