Dragaera

Old Age?

David Dyer-Bennet dd-b at dd-b.net
Fri Jun 30 09:27:41 PDT 2006

Jon_Lincicum at stream.com writes:

> "Maximilian Wilson" <wilson.max at gmail.com> 

> >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.)

Gotta disagree.  The phrasing clearly implies personal experience
spanning millenia -- not just Vlad's lifespan.
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