On 6/4/06, Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote: > > > On Sun, 4 Jun 2006, Davdi Silverrock wrote: > > > While we have no specific examples of Sethra shapeshifting, there is a > > definite example in the Dragaeraverse of someone who shapeshifted and > > retained her ability to think, and presumably at least sufficient > > magical ability to shift back to her original form. > > You're talking about someone shapeshifting into the form of a thinking > being, though. So why couldn't Sethra shapeshift into the form of a thinking duck or bat? A thinking cloud of condensed water droplets is a trickier proposition, I grant. > (Someone who can do rather more surprising things, like > defy causality.) I am not sure if "defy" is the correct term. Perhaps "dance around" is better, considering that there are constraints even she must follow?