On 6/13/06, <Jon_Lincicum at stream.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Sethra Lavode Spoiler Space (which is to say, for nearly every book out > there): > > 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > 6 > 7 > 8 > 9 > 10 > 11 > 12 > 13 > 14 > 15 > 16 > 17 > > > Sethra is noted by Vlad to be "Tall for a Dragaeran", Can you point to where it says that? I searched, but did not find (although I suppose the OCR may have been imperfect). Vlad does use the word "tall" when referring to Sethra, but I can't help wondering if that's a general impression rather than a genuine comparative, since all Dragaerans are taller than Vlad, and Sethra is just generally impressive because she's Sethra. > and Kiera is noted to be "small Dragaeran female form" > (/Jhereg/, ch 4.) I did find this, which is very interesting indeed. > So there is apparently some significant difference in their heights. A mundane possibility that occurs to me: Sethra wears platform boots; Kiera wears soft shoes, or some sort of ninja-like sock-slipper. > I find it hard to see how this could really be accomplished without > invoking some aspect of shape-changing ability... Maybe "you wear a disguise, first, from the inside" is a hint - perhaps she can simply expand and contract her vertebra. > Unless she simply keeps Kiera's body in a cooler > somewhere in Dzur Mountain, and "inhabits" it when needed. > This idea is one of my earlier pararectal ideations, I nearly think. But who can say?