On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Jose Marquez wrote: > Philip Hart wrote: > > >On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, James Griffin wrote: > However, Loraan is a wizard, and I have a feeling that [...] he would > have preferred to fight with sorcery and let his goons do the physical > fighting If so, it's sort of surprising he doesn't leave dead bodies stacked in the corners to reanimate at need. > also, with his being a wizard and all, slapping Spellbreaker > on his wrist may actually deactivate various protections. Good point (suppressing quibbles). > Finally, with what we know of Loraan's character, he'd be as worried of > the cleaning staff snagging the chain as he would be of the furniture in > the room of doing the same. This is the Greeterbird Theory, which mislikes me more than a lot. L and the J are powerful, arrogant, and cold, but they're not stupid (are they?) Birds and furniture (outside of de Sade's chateau anyway) are predictable and limited in ways people aren't.