On 5/31/06, Scott Schultz <scott at cjhunter.com> wrote: > >I don't think it's a matter of looking under the blade's skirt. > >Communing with the blade requires getting closer. > > Vlad would seem to be in a position to tell now. Joining with Godslayer > seemed to give him a much higher awareness of the other Great Weapons, > though I suppose this might have been a singular occurrence. > Perhaps, but note also that he describes his sensing of BW & PF's respective personalities before he has GS. It has been my idea that it was the link that SB made across the world-barriers to each of those GWs which initiated the process of SB "waking up" into its more powerful form, and this then lead to SB becoming part of GS.