On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:39:09 -0800 (PST), Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote: > Seems like a very sharp observation to me. L doesn't have a very > powerful Morganti weapon lying around though - wouldn't V have noticed? > And wouldn't L have used it during the battle if he could have? > Well, maybe he was distracted - but I would suspect he'd have grabbed > Spellbreaker if at all possible. Setting that aside, if I realized I > had half a great weapon in my lab, I think I'd slap it around my wrist > despite my plain sense of fashion. Also I think I'd put some wards > around it so the cleaning staff didn't decide to snag it... Apparently this was a scientist who was experimenting and wanting to really understand how things work. One tool of scientific inquiry is isolation, so that outside influences don't mess up what you're studying. This particular object is harder to isolate than many, as it may form a symbiotic relationship with the experimenter. While the owner of this artifact liked power - he was more interested in knowledge (which can be considered an investment in getting more power later). Think of the risk/benefit in learning to understand how great weapons work - and possibly how to make them! Even how to make simple Morganti blades. -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/