Considerably longer ago than I care to think about -- ("How long was that, Boss?" "About five years... Blood of the horse! It was five years to the very day!") -- Aaron Kashtan pointed out to me that Adron claims variously to have killed one, too, and three horses on his furious ride back to Redface. I have finally added to Cracks and Shards: http://www.speakeasy.org/~mamandel/Cracks-and-Shards/how-long.html#horses ("There's nothing microscopic about five years." "That's one contribution down, about a hundred to go." "Now, *that's* microscopic.") -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website [This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com