"Maximilian Wilson" <wilson.max at gmail.com> Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info 06/29/06 02:35 PM To "Dragaera List" <dragaera at dragaera.info> cc Subject Re: Old Age? >On 6/29/06, Jon_Lincicum at stream.com <Jon_Lincicum at stream.com> wrote: >> Perhaps Dolivar died, went to the Halls of Judgment, spent 240,000 years >> as a purple robe, then as "punishment" for betraying Kieron, was allowed >> only to reincarnate as an Easterner? > >Maybe... but in /Jhereg/, Vlad does have that line that says something >like, "Though the millenia, Aliera has always been just a little bit >faster than me," which implies a long association, multiple >incarnations, and at least a visceral memory of previous incarnations. Hmmm... Analyzing semantic content of "Through the millenia"... (A long time has passed...) Scanning for implication of multiple incarnations.... (None detected.) Loading Visceral Memory Detection Sub-Process... (Not required for truth of statement to apply.) I don't think it means what you think it means. >Or I'm reading too much into a fatalistic verbal grimace. It seems likely. Majikjon