On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:18:50 -0800 (PST), S SHafer <shafedog205555-brustfan at yahoo.com> wrote: > > --- Maximilian Wilson <wilson.max at gmail.com> wrote: > > * <ORCA spoiler> > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > * > > But when she's retelling her conversation to Stony, > > Kiera says she's > > glad that he didn't ask her about Vlad because she > > "hates lying to > > friends." Unless she's lying about hating lying to > > friends (she's > > ostensibly telling the story to Cawti). Unless Kiera > > minds it and > > Sethra doesn't, which is a fun idea but I think too > > deep of a > > Kiera/Sethra division--I don't think of Kiera as a > > split personality > > so much as a different mask for Sethra than the > > standard "Enchantress > > of Dzur Mountain" one. (For one thing, she probably > > enjoys being able > > to speak colloquially.) > > > > Max Wilson > > > > -- > > Think she has more of those masks? Maybe one for each house? Hmmm. Kiera's only 2000 years old, so while Sethra may be maintaining 17 masks at the moment, we don't know whether or not she's done other houses before. What limits does shapeshifting have? (Devera turns into a <spoiler> in Issola.) Does Sethra really look like a Dragon-Dzur crossbreed, or is that a mask too?--Now we're off in wild territory that I don't really believe, but if we're brainstorming... Max Wilson -- I die! I attempt a speeling flame, but my flamer explodes and covers me with burning oil. The fire spreads to the walls and nearby houses. The smoke from the flames blots out the sun. Crop failures abound and civilization collapses. The last humans huddle around their pathetic campfires as a new ice age ensues and the glaciers approach. The light of the fire attracts many wolves. All die! O, the embarrassment!