Teldra incorrectly inferring something about the Jenoine mind? Ouch. Sure, she's only.... 'human', but... she's an Issola. Her entire race is one of reserved and graceful observers. She makes valid points about being able to infer certain things about a race by their language - I don't believe she's fallen victim to linguistic determinism when she makes carefully thoughtout and educated guesses about the Jenoine. :-D > And I would just like to point out that that "the only room" (and the > related statements about time and space) was almost certainly Teldra > incorrectly inferring something about the Jenoine mind. > > I suspect that the Dragaeran linguistics curriculum includes a little > too much linguistic determinism. No doubt there's a local equivalent > of Sapir-Whorf, probably from House Athyra.