"Tom Lumbis" <tlumbis at sover.net> Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info 04/09/06 07:31 PM To "Davdi Silverrock" <davdisil at gmail.com> cc dragaera at dragaera.info Subject Re: Speculative Planetary Statistics for Dragaera (Math help?) >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 Hey, nobody's perfect. And, to her credit, Teldra seems to be one of the most reliable sources of information in all the Vlad novels. Maybe this is just Steve's attempt to cut into her credibility a little. After all, a character who's always right seriously affects his ability to change his maind about things later on. ;-) Majikjon