[Dragaera] [Dzur allusion] Scarless people

[Louis Eastman]

How expensive is it to remove a scar?

On 10/30/06, Jon Lincicum <lincicum at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Louis Eastman wrote:
> > On Vlad's first job with Kragar, the Orca had a scar.
> >
> Taltos, Chapter 8, Paragraph 160:
>
> [Cite]
>
> "Does the guy have dark hair that he wears plastered straight back, kind
> of a wide face, big shoulders, a short neck, and a little white scar
> across his nose?"
>
> "I've never noticed the scar, but, yeah, that sounds right."
>
> [End cite]
>
> So... From Neilar's response, I would conclude that either this scar was
> very recent, was not terribly visible, or was perhaps completely
> imaginary (on the part of Vlad).
>
> From this, we can conclude that either
>
> a) The Orca simply hadn't had the time to get it removed yet, or
> b) It was so minor that it was hardly worth the expense of removing, or
> c) Vlad simply imagined it was there, given that he talked to the guy
> for all of about 20 seconds.
>
> Seeing that this was Vlad's very first job, and he was caught off guard
> and a bit nervous during the encounter, I'd consider option (c) to be
> fairly likely.
>
> Beyond that, the other two explanations work pretty well, also.
>
> Or else the Orca had a sentimental attachment of his own to that tiny
> little scar. You never can tell.
>
> Majikjon
>