On 1/5/06, Maximilian Wilson <wilson.max at gmail.com> wrote: > On 1/5/06, Davdi Silverrock <davdisil at gmail.com> wrote: > > grandfather has, now that I think of it. And I'm pretty sure she's > > never overtly lied to him, although I think she's lied indirectly by > > implication (I'm thinking of her "promise" to revenge him if Morrolan > > kills him). > > You mean the fact that she knew Morrolan wasn't actually going to kill > him? Yes. That is, she implied that it was a possible outcome that Morrolan might kill him (as far as she knew). I'm 99.95% sure that Morrolan was told "The Easterner may provoke you. Do not kill him, no matter how rude he becomes." Or words to that effect (possibly even simpler: "We need his cooperation."). > If it's about her not admitting that she knew the true circumstances > of the theft, I'd say it was a literal truth hiding a deception ("He's not > going to kill you") to convey a truth "It's going to be all right." Is she Sethra Lavode or a Yendi? ("They aren't all that different.") Heh. > It did succeed in making Vlad feel better, although he wasn't sure why. As far as he knew at that time, she meant it, and was capable of carrying it out. > > Psychologically, I think it entirely makes sense that he trusts her > > completely, despite not knowing a whole lot about her or her > > background. > > Agree. Vlad really has a soft spot for people, doesn't he? > He has a soft spot for people who are loyal to him. Not so much with the everyone else.