----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Fitzgerald" <meersan at mn.astound.net> To: <readalong at dragaera.info> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [DbS] TPG ch9-ch11 >At 11:40 AM 7/10/02 -0400, Gaertk at aol.com wrote: >>> pp115-116: Tortaalik ordered Lanmarea to arrest Kathana: >>> spine severed + >>> several paint brushes in his eyes = mortal wounding >>> without following >>> dueling code {"mortal" = "can't save life", rather >>> than "can't revivify", right?} >> >>But then why make such a point of the severed spine and >>paintbrushes in the eyes? >Possible reasons: >To accentuate the viciousness of the crime. >To satisfy Paarfi's "modern" audience, who would appreciate the mortal >nature of the wound, even in their own time. That sounds right on, to me.