> -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Schultz [mailto:scott at cjhunter.com] > Sent: 28 March 2005 18:45 > To: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Vlad and Kiera *Spoilers for _Orca_* > > Here there be spoilers... Specifically, references to a major > plot-twist that will make you look differently at portions of > the entire Vladiad up to this point. If you haven't read > Orca, skip on. > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > > "...I've always wondered why you gave a damn for a little > Easterner kid. Now I know, of course." > > Kiera answers "Of course." like it should be obvious now. I > was still shaking my head and asking "What the hell are you > two talking about?" > > What does Sethra have to feel guilty about in relation to > Vlad? The Vlad = Dolivar equation? If so, what's the > connection? We know that Sethra was there in-person when > Keiron and Dolivar were having their various machinations. > Are we supposed to infer that Sethra has some sort of regrets > regarding her part in things (perhaps a betrayal or > punishment of Dolivar)? > Watching after Vlad (aka Dolivar-mark-1) is her way of > discharging her debt? > "A long time ago" to Sethra is a VERY long time to anyone > else, so it presents a bit of evidence to suggest this > theory. If it's true, though, how did Sethra know about the > Vlad = Dolivar connection in the first place? > I've just been reading a bit of Jhereg (Book of Jhereg version P83) "Dolivar was tortured and expelled." "I share the guilt here, too, as does Sethra. Sethra was supposed to hamstring the yendi, but she missed-deliberately." That would explain it I think. Cheers Mark