My memory might be off but I think Kiera already knew Vlad's name. I'm surprised that didn't set off a warning bell when Vlad remembered it. On 1/5/06, Carla Hunt <carla.hunt.b at oncogene.com> wrote: > > Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote on 01/05/2006 03:25:09 PM: > > > Howard Brazee <howard at brazee.net> > > Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info > > 01/05/06 11:32 AM > > > > To > > "'Dragaera (E-mail)'" <dragaera at dragaera.info> > > cc > > > > Subject > > Re: (Orca spoiler) > > > > > > > > > > >> Which itself is interesting, in regards to a question I posed > earlier, > > >> as it seems to indicate that the Dragaeran gods *do* indeed have some > > > >> precognative abilities, but also implies that they are not always > > >> conciously aware of what they mean. > > > > > > > > >She's not dumb. Minimally, she just found out that Vlad is > > >"interesting". She's also someone who prepares for eventualities - > > > > I'm not sure I buy the idea that Verra could have just randomly guessed > > that her blood would be somehow useful to Vlad (or rather, to Morrolan). > > > > > That seems like an incredibly lucky guess; unless Verra is in the habit > of > > giving out her blood to all her new clients, since it has 1001 uses or > > something. (Four out of five assassins prefer Verra blood for all their > > everyday sorcery needs!) > > > > Sure seems like some kind of limited precognition is a more likely > > circumstance in this case. > > > > deverra can do all kinds of weird things with time. i've always thought > this was because she was verra's granddaughter and therefore it must have > been some kind of god-power, probably one that verra had. > > > >It is interesting to note Vlad's observations about how Sethra was > > >angered by some of his statements - what he observed then might be > > >considerably different from what he would have observed with hindsight > > >from book 17 or 18. > > > > I recently re-read the entire Vlad series and took special note of the > > encounters with Kiera, even the ones as early as /Jhereg/ and /Yendi/ > are > > full of double-meanings after having read /Orca/. It's a real treat. > > > > Majikjon > > > > _______________________________________________________________________________________________ > > The information contained in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the > intended recipient(s) and may be confidential, proprietary, and/or legally > privileged. Inadvertent disclosure of this message does not constitute a > waiver of any privilege. If you receive this message in error, please do > not directly or indirectly use, print, copy, forward, or disclose any part > of this message. Please also delete this e-mail and all copies and notify > the sender. Thank you. > > _______________________________________________________________________________________________ >