# #I was wondering why Sethra said Lord Taltos and not Vlad. #This may be a bad sign for the state of my mind, but I actually #counted the words in the following sentence: # #'She smiled as if sharing a joke with herself and said, "You are #most welcome, Lord Taltos." ' # #Seventeen, of course. It would have been sixteen, if Sethra had #said Vlad. The adjective I use for the truly pathological form of this condition is "omen-ridden". -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website [This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.]