[Dragaera] Unstoppable Force vs Immovable Object

[Jon Lincicum]

Davdi Silverrock wrote:
> On 11/16/06, Maximilian Wilson wrote:
>   
>> On 11/16/06, Howard Brazee wrote:
>>     
>>> Her acceptance was testimony all by itself when she's the person running
>>> the Orb.   Certainly the orb and her are a unit, which is smart enough
>>> to get around such tricks - when it matters.
>>>       
>
> Not necessarily. Or at least, Paarfi depicts her as appearing to think
> that those who know Discretion can at least sometimes bypass the Orb.
>
>   
>>>  At that point in time,
>>> she believed that her input wasn't the best for the empire.
>>>       
>
> In other words, she was uninterested in elucidating the truth.  Which
> was my point.
>
>   
>> A good point, I think. If Vlad was interrogated under the Orb, Zerika
>> would necessarily have to have been present.
>>     
>
> Indeed she was, as she reminded Vlad later, to his mild chagrin, when
> he found out that she was quite aware of his sophomoric tricks, and
> remembered them clearly (as indeed she would have to, since the Orb
> remembers perfectly all that occurs nearby, unless it is turned off by
> the Emperor (and do we know if it is really turned off, I wonder, or
> was Zerika stating a bald-faced lie?)).
>
>   
>> If she kept her mouth
>> shut in spite of knowing what was going on, that indicates some kind
>> of (dis-)interest in the outcome of the investigation.
>>
>>     
>
> Sure.  She was present, with the Orb, as a favor to House Jhereg, not
> because she herself was conducting the investigation, or felt any need
> to sway its outcome one way or the other.
>   
Possibly she was doing it as a favor to Sethra Lavode, due to her 
friendship with Vlad?

Majikjon