At 08:48 PM 7/19/02 -0400, Thomas Yan wrote: >It sounds fine. What I'm wondering is why Paarfi is calling attention >to "in the wings". Paarfi isn't necessarily as clever as he thinks he >is, but why does he think this is clever at all? > >For example, if a tiassa were a bird (like a phoenix) instead of a >cat, it have wings, so it would be a small play on words to say a >Tiassa has "wings". Perhaps Paarfi believes he is clever because, if my understanding is correct, the tiassa is indeed a winged cat. I was able to find a link, http://www.math.ttu.edu/~kesinger/brust/houses.html which apparently refers to information provided in _Dzurlord_. There may be more canonical evidence available, however. According to the page, the tiassa is a "large panther with batlike wings--represent[ing] catalyst and inspiration." -- meersan