Casey Rousseau wrote: > Max writes: > >>Doesn't have much to do with vampires except that that's what >>reminded me. > > > I always thought that this was a subtle exchange. Recall the long > discourses on the differences between wine and brandy. This being a > meal served in _Issola_ by Sethra (or Tukko if you prefer) for Vlad > (and Teldra), of course the wine would be wine as Vlad would enjoy. > I think it has less to do with wine than with Vlad being annoyed with Sethra for not playing along and giving him a reason to have a hissycow. They were discussing his injury before the subject of wine came up, you may recall. I believe she knew he was really thinking. Maria