>> I can guess that if >> Vlad was interested in a cross-species romance that Lady Teldra could >> easily >> have been the object of his affection, but he's never shown any >> interest in >> that. > > At some point Vlad describes Lady Teldra's effect on him as beauty > without > sexual arousal, which he finds unusual. > > -- Mark > [This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.] > > Son of a gun! I had totally forgotten reading that. Still, he could have changed his mind later. Ah, well. It was just a thought.