At 12:22 AM -0600 2/16/05, Matthew Hunter wrote: > >Thirded. If anything, that aspect of the series is somewhat >underdeveloped; it's important in one fairly vital way, but the >reader is not really given the opportunity to understand why the >character reacts that way, nor does that aspect of her personality grow or change detectably. She was born that way. That's the way her nervous system works. "Kushiel's Dart" is the visible sign of her physical nature. It's not a personality trait, any more than tasting cilantro as soupy or being color blind is a personality trait.