>'I wanted to scream at her not to say it, but, throughout the millennia, >Aliera has always been just a little faster than me. "-- You became an >Easterner, brother"' >Jehreg, The Book of Jhereg trade paperback ISBN 0-441-00615-9, bottom of Pg >83. I'd forgotten that bit. It does appear to imply that the souls of Vlad and Aliera have had their lives intertwined many times over the ages, and even recognized the fact in their past lives also.