On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Davdi Silverrock wrote: > And I have to wonder, yet again, why Verra took such a rather > roundabout way of allowing Morrolan to survive his trip to the Paths, > instead of just taking him aside at some point and saying to him "Make > a cut in your arm. We're going to do something that will allow you to > leave the Paths without dying." > > I suppose there are additional handwaves possible, such as fresh blood > not doing the trick properly, and/or maybe the trick doesn't work if > you know that the stuff is (indeed, perhaps Vlad's continual refusal > to tell Morrolan what the stuff was is an idea planted in his head by > Verra). Oh, well. I don't understand "additional" above. Is it not sufficient to posit that Verra couldn't make the exchange in public for political reasons, and that the Halls are generally semi-public? Hence the value slipping S the vial off-stage beforehand.