On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, David Silberstein wrote: >On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 FRIEDA2133 at aol.com wrote: > >> >>The Book of Taltos, Taltos Chapter 7, page 73 on Aliera's soul. >>Sethra says "we have located it, with your help, as well as the >>help of ...well, some others." >> >>The Book of Taltos, Taltos Chapter 14, page 142 > >>Aliera says "Who tracked me down?" Morrolan answers. "Sethra and >>I, he said, watching her face. He glanced at me quickly, then >>said, "And there were others who helped, some time ago." > >>Who are the others? Why not mention their names? Why the quick >>glance at Vlad? > >Well, I had a pararectal notion about that, which I shall >disclose now: > >The "others" were Aliera's mother and daughter, Verra and Devera. > >And the thought going through Sethra's mind was probably something >like "I *really* don't want to start explaining *that* right now", >so she didn't give their names. > An additional or alternative "other" is the Empress, Zerika IV, aiding the search with the use of the Orb. And they didn't want to talk about that in front of Vlad because they probably figure he's skittish enough as it is, and maybe not in front of Aliera, either, because Aliera had certain problems with the last Phoenix Emperor. As I said, all pararectal, but you did ask.