On 5/2/05, Scott Schultz <scott at cjhunter.com> wrote: > Things get interesting here. We don't know how much of Aliera's science is > chromosomal and how much is metaphysical. We don't know how an e'Kieron soul > passes on the ability to create amorphia to its offspring. What if that > offspring's soul is, itself, a reincarnated soul of another family line? > Does it acquire e'Kieron traits at the birth of its new life? Does it retain Did Aliera have the amorphia ability in her life as Kieron's sister, or is it new to her Verra/e'Kieron state? If the former, is it really an e'_Kieron_ trait, or a couple generations higher up the tree? Vlad's history would suggest the latter, since it doesn't seem like he's been anything but a Jhereg and/or Easterner since Dolivar got kicked out of the House of the Dragon. Data point. Max Wilson -- I die! I mis-remember my friend's telephone number and dial into a hydroelectric dam's power line, electrocuting myself. My roommates mistake my flailing spasms for sign language, coincidentally describing a delicious recipe for fried tungsten with petroleum jelly. They try the recipe. All die! O, the embarassment.