On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Alexx Kay wrote: > 2) Vlad is writing an account for an unknown audience. Seems unlikely, > given his level of paranoia, and the amount of important personal > information he reveals. Hi, I am voting with 2) also. I think Vlad is convinced that the translator came from another world. Vlad either thinks that an unknown number of people in that other world are listening to his voice or he knows the translator is going to release Vlad's story in book form on that other world. Because of the book Orca, we also know Kiera was convinced. Did Vlad just have Kiera use the box or did he introduce her to the translator? We know Paarfi "met" the translator. Five Hundred Years After, paperback, About the Author, page 548-553. I wonder if the translator was really in the room or it was just teleconferencing...like through a window. Hopefully, we will get to read what convinced Vlad. On 3) 2) doesn't mean there isn't any time-traveling involved. We are talking about different worlds. We know time acts differently in the Paths of the Dead. A time difference might have been what convinced Vlad. Or maybe a pretend time difference...Don't worry, Vlad, I am from millions of years in the future. See look at this shiny box. And this is called a lighter. And here is when the next eclipse happens...whoops ...wrong book...world. Bye. Linda G.