On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Chris Olson - SunPS wrote: > Philip Hart wrote: > > Back to stuff we can get our hands on, like Paarfi's motivations. > > Ha! That's an easy one: Money and women (well, mostly > the latter, according to Ilen, a Magian). Ah! So that's why he's managed not to get dueled to death by Aliera and others. Actually, Aliera probably isn't offended by anything in the Paarfiad, is she? Except maybe the part in _TPG_ where Sethra says how fun she is to bait. Probably that led to an offer of a duel diffused by a distraction, though. I wonder if Sethra ever arranges the distraction in advance...