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

[Howard Brazee]

David Dyer-Bennet wrote:

>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".
>  
>
I did a double-take when I read it.   But part of the reason I 
interpreted it that way, was in evaluating who is 100% Dragon.

Answering an attack with an attack is a problem politicians tend to 
have.    We have a need to "do something" whether or not that something 
is appropriate.