[Dragaera] Irresistible Force vs. Immovable Object (Was Re: Unstoppable Force vs Immovable Object)

[Davdi Silverrock]

On 11/17/06, Howard Brazee wrote:
> On 1:07 PM Davdi Silverrock wrote:

> >  >Or they don't have sufficient motivation to go against Zerika's
> >  >wishes in this matter.
> >
> >
> >  And what wishes would Zerika have, and why would she have them?
> >
> >  Besides pervy Easterner fancying or favors to peers, anyway, which
> >  have been covered as pararectal possibilities.
>
> If that was the only Dragaerian book I have read, I would agree with
> what you are implying.  But we see actions that show some fore-knowledge
> and planning - and not all by mortals - involving Vlad.
>
> I don't think they ever involved certainty - but the probabilities are
> high enough that the empress is willing to let them play out for a while.

So you're saying that she perhaps just had a hunch that he might be
useful or important in the future, and maybe made a gut decision based
on that?

Well, I can't really argue with something so vague, so I suppose we
can toss it into the box marked "pararectal", along with the other
ideations.