----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Brazee" <howard at brazee.net> To: "Dragaera (E-mail)" <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 6:01 AM Subject: RE: Defender always wins? (Was: Re: on contradictions and s > > Do Dragaera and the East compete economically? What kind of relationship > do they have with each other economically? > > > There is mention of horse trading (and theft!) as well as peppers. Vlad buys spices grown in the East (or so he believes), so the Easterners must trade with their homelands as well. No mention of what the East takes as trade, we know that diamonds do not seem to have a high value. Jeff G. (Gritting his teeth as he valiantly tries to steer this thread back on topic. . . . .)