On Apr 8, 2005 2:54 AM, eric c <ecannelora at yahoo.com> wrote: > hi guys. this is my first "post" so I hope I'm doing > it right. > > anyway, what I've been wondering about is why people > like Aliera and Morrolan and Sethra choose to be > Vlad's friend. Sometimes Morrolan will give Vlad a > "look of disgust" and sometimes it seems like Aliera > can't see past the fact that he's an Easterner. Yet > when Vlad gets in a jamb, they are there to help him. > It's like the friendship is all about duty with > nothing about affection for a friend. > > any insight on that? > First off, welcome, and your post is wonderful! We love to discuss new things :o) I have frineds who I look at with discust, but love haveing them aroung none the less. Some of them are obnoxious to the point where you can't stand them, but they are still fun to be around. Maybe they just like keeping Vlad around as a pet :o) They seem to do what ever they want to him and make him do things he doesn't want to do, or realize he is doing what they want. Half the time, it seems like they doen't even know Vlad is there and sometimes he just watches them. I have a friend who just watches that particular group of friends that he's part of. he's nothing like them. I asked him one day why he hangs around whith them and he told me, "It's better than sitting at home." Good point. So, I don't know where I am going with this. This stupid cold is making me blonder... if that makes any sense -- -C "Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one has not time to write down." -- (Louis) Hector Berlioz (1803-69), French composer