On 4/27/05, Casey Rousseau <casey at the-bat.net> wrote: > Mark Tiller writes: > > Also when Aliera tells Vlad about Dolivar, we have: > > > > '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 think the bit about the millenia implies many lives, > > however the last bit may imply he's allways been an easterner > > since then.... Maybe LoJ want him available to use in cases > > where they don't have time to wait for a Dragaeran to mature? > > The 'throughout the millennia' line is simple poetic imagery. It does not > require ongoing periodic proofs via incarnate encounters betwixt the souls. > Furthermore, it seems to me that multiple reincarnations would dilute the > significance of the situation. Also, a single millennia isn't as long to a Dragaeran as it would be to us mere Humans. Think of the different perspectives a 3000 year life span might imply...