On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 FRIEDA2133 at aol.com wrote: > Natalia talking to Vlad: > > "'bookstore. I spent a lot of money there, but it was worth it. I especially > loved history -- Dragaeran, not human. And the stories, too. I guess I > couldn't > tell them apart very well. I used to pretend I was a Dzurlord, and I'd fight > the battle of Seven Pines then go charging up Dzur Mountain to fight the > Enchantress all in one breath. What is it?' > > I suppose I must have jumped a bit when she mentioned Dzur Mountain. I > said, 'Nothing. When did you meet Kelly again?'" Possible explanation - Vlad is talking to a sympathetic co-human who has had fantasies of fighting Sethra Lavode, and the nigh-infinite disparity in power between the two women and their races is brought home to him.