On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 12:35:45PM -0500, MedCat7 at aol.com wrote: > Hi, My name is Crystal. I am new to the mailing list so if I say or >ask something already said or asked, I appologize. Welcome. :) > I have only ever seen one theory as to why Sethra can't leave >Dzur Mountain as Sethra, but can as Kiera. I have a theory (and it >goes along w/ why she looks tired when Vlad sees her later): She > can't leave Dzur Mountain at that time because the Jenoine >might mught detect her (or what ever it is they do) as Sethra. >Loiosh didn't recognize Kiera as Sethra, so maybe the Jenoine couldn't >either. Anyway, that's just what I think. You can put it on your >sites and in your own words cause I am horrible at making >sense (just give me a little credit, ok). Ok, I have a few problems with this idea. 1) The Jenoine are weird creatures where physical locality doesn't mean much to them, so whether Sethra is at Dzur Mountain or not, it probably doesn't occur to them. 2) Loiosh _does_ recognize that there is something familiar about Sethra, so the disguise isn't perfect. (In retrospect we know why :) 3) Buddy (a dog) recognizes that Kiera isn't what she seems with no issues. Fundamentally our problem is that Steven has said that he is perfectly happy with this mystery and has no intention of clarifying it for us. (At least in the near future....I suspect it will be cleared up to a degree in another book...We have a few left). -Jot -- Jot Powers <books at bofh.com> http://www.bofh.com/books/ "I'm upping my standards, so up yours!" -Pat Paulsen (1927-1997), Presidential Campaign Slogan