[Fwd to list] On 6/13/06, Howard Brazee <howard at brazee.net> wrote: > Looking at those two paragraphs together, it may be that Kiera has a > serious function in being Sethra's home away from home. Maybe Sethra > couldn't leave Dzur Mountain, but Kiera was already in storage somewhere > far away. Sethra goes to sleep, and Kiera wakes up. That would be a > useful thing for a Wizard to be able to do. The problem I see with that is, why not have Kiera steal the staff from Loraan instead? She'd be at least as good at it as Sethra would, and presumably better than either Morrolan or Vlad. (Vlad's an assassin, not a thief; truth be told he's kind of a weird pick for the job, unless Sethra was just prepping him to accompany Morrolan to the Paths.) I can accept that Kiera could slip away for a brief chat with Vlad, while not exposing herself to battle with an Athyra wizard in his keep (teleport blocks, etc.) when the Jenoine could come knocking at any minute. -Max -- Be pretty if you are, Be witty if you can, But be cheerful if it kills you. -- Be pretty if you are, Be witty if you can, But be cheerful if it kills you.