Selected notes and questions, edited to reduce duplicates with KG's notes.
- tky
** pp119-126. ch12 "Khaavren Attempts to Learn the Whereabouts of Kathana"
pp119-120: [Paarfi: prefers to issue patches rather than revise earlier text]
p120: {typo: we <--> he} "from whom we had learned to read ...";
5 great categories: magical & natural science, history, philosophy,
books-to-be-performed, books-to-be-read
p120: challenge always waiting in the wings, as it were, {huh, "as it were?"}
of Khaavren's countenance
pp121-122: red, brown, green, yellow, blue slips; {colors mean what?};
Imperial Records Service; {brings to mind: Barrayan (tax) Auditor;
Vlad in _Orca_; Renner in _The Gripping Hand_; maybe Reseune's
hidden items submitted to Council in _Cyteen_; maybe some of Asimov's
robots or post-original-trilogy Foundation books?}
p122: [Ricardo:Khaavren] "young sir", although Khaavren much older;
"Dragonlords never hide. Therefore, to her she must be doing another
thing entirely" {grr! where else have I seen discordant external image
versus (deluded?) internal self-image?}
p123: money spent on "culture" is tax deductible & must be reported
{is this true for artists buying art supplies?
does/would buying concert tickets count?};
all expenditure reports of last month for 10,000 wealthiest nobles
{"last month"? Just how often are reports sent in, and how quickly
do they arrive? This is before widespread teleportation after all.}
p124: Khaavren: Kathana listed by her own name?
Ricardo: It is necessary that she be so listed {why necessary? To match
up with *her* tax reports? Are there DBAs? (Doing Business As)}
p125: Khaavren interject: Blood! {no god named!}
p125: "the those could be" {typo: the <--> then}
p125: Fricorith, = 'Nearly-the-end-of-Winter' in old North-western tongue,
still preserved by Dragon House & Lyorn House;
{evidently, "preserved" means "spoken by most of that House":}
-"as I have mentioned"- most Lyorn speak the language {!},
which most of "the library documents" are written in;
{what languages are used in other libraries & documents?}
pp125-126: Marishori = Northwestern name = 'keeper of trust'
{is this in the North-western (note the hypen) tongue?}
** pp127-133. ch13 "We Leave our Heroes for a Brief Time"
pp127-128: 2 sitting on the floor {!}
pp128-129: Seodra: merchant after a fashion,
merchandise neither tasted nor smelt, coin does not shine like gold;
Lytra: reluctant to penetrate metaphor {huh?}
p130: Viscount Uttrik: Pepperfield Marquis's son, pompous, not very brave,
low but significant chance he can foil their plans if he finds Kathana
-- kill her in a duel or call in authorities; Seodra, re call: No way!
you should know better than I! {?}
pp131-132: [Seodra:Lytra]: e'Kieron, but tactical skills shows e'Lanya blood;
Lytra: truce on flattery {where did she flatter Seodra?};
{typo: them <--> then} "But them he has";
p133: your creeping vines buried in their own roots {allusion?};
Seodra: Lanmarea we can ignore for reasons we both know, {?}
sic G'aereth after candlebud; Lytra: erupted into laughter
** pp135-143. ch14 "Eleemosynary Behavior is Sometimes Rewarded"
{Merriam-Webster: "eleemosynary", adjective: "of, relating to, or
supported by charity"}
p135: [G'aereth] {a "long head" apparently means smart or level-headed}
pp135-136: [Pel:G'aereth] dispatches; 6 witnesses = 6 different reports =
(according to Athyra philosopher Hydragaar) 6 different events;
Daridd of Diar-by-the-Bennaat is right: that's overreacting
{Heh. I hadn't noticed that name was like David Dyer-Bennet before now.
Hydragaar appears to be a corruption of Heidegger (Existentialism dude).
Hm, reincarnation doesn't seem totally impossible....}
pp136-137: Pel claims to have heard 4 inconsistent reports from the East;
"the philosopher" {Hydragaar? Daridd?} stressed charity & service;
thousand thousand {i.e. million?}
p138: Paarfi excuses Khaavren's daydreams / self-deception;
harsh reality: war-chariots, spears
pp138-139: {typo: missing "to"} "true his word"
p140: Khaavren: always speak my heart; Illista: charming defect, dangerous