[Dragaera] [Dzur Spoiler][Orca Spoiler] A slip of the tongue...

[Shawn Burns]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info [mailto:dragaera-
> bounces at dragaera.info] On Behalf Of David Dyer-Bennet
> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 12:46 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Dragaera] [Dzur Spoiler][Orca Spoiler] A slip of the
> tongue...
> 
> On 8/15/06, Howard Brazee <howard at brazee.net> wrote:
> > Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote:
> >
> > >/Dzur/ Page 180:
> > >
> > >"...which is a problem Dragons tend to have. Strategy only remains
> > >strategy, apart from tactics, in our heads."
> > >
> > >[/cite]
> > >
> > >So, why is Kiera the thief including herself when talking about
> Dragons?
> > >Isn't Kiera a Jhereg?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > It's not obvious to me that "our" refers to "Dragons".   Maybe it refers
> > to "us people".
> 
> Can't reasonably be so interpreted.  The "Dragons tend to have" in the
> previous sentence is key.  "Dragons" is the referent of "our".
> --
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Steve seems to interpret it that way: "That was the universal "our"
referring to human beings.  "When we consider these catagories of Being, we
place them according to our notions of truth..." "