Howard Brazee wrote: > Or to finding the right time to announce the blessed event to the father. Which begs the question: When's the "right time"? Over a cup of klava at Vallabar's? During her daring rescue of Vlad while he's being attacked by fifteen of the seventeen Houses (the Issola wouldn't think it proper, and the Teckla wouldn't bother)? Or, to be really soap operaish, how's about right before Vlad, who's been hired to kill some teckla of a human sprat, sticks a stilleto into him, and Cawti dashes in front of the blade with a cry of "He's your...!". (Which could turn into tragic drama, depending on the outcome.) Okay, perhaps not. :) Chris "If you can't live without me, die already." ~Cynthia Heimel