[Dragaera] Kragar - SPOILERS

[Michele Riccio]

On 28 Dec 2007 at 5:28, J C wrote

> 
> Okay, so I was waiting to post this until after my wife read _Dzur_
> and I could talk with her about it without spoiling the book.
> 
> This should be fair warning---Thar be spoilers here!
> 
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> Spoilers off the port bow!
> 
> Chrome Rims, too, Cap'n!
> 
> D'ye see any Blue LED lights, me bucko?
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<SNIP>
> 
> However, that brings us to Aliera e'Kieron, with whom both Mario and
> Vlad share a rather close relationship---Mario, as a lover, and Vlad
> as a brother.  One must question Aliera's motives in becoming involved
> with Mario, but any answers one obtains would be almost purely
> speculative, based in educated guesses at best.  But what about
> Kragar's relationship with Kiera?  Kiera loathes Kragar.  But, given
> their mutual friends, why does she loathe him?   So far my feeling has
> been that she hated him in a way that we tend to hate criminals--we
> can't stand to acknowledge that this person who has done such things
> can be human, and thus, that it is possible that we could become a
> criminal, too, if our circumstances were different.

Why would Aliera's relationships with Mario and/or Vlad automatically 
make her friendly to Krager?  If "c" is a friend of "a" and "a" is a friend 
of "b" it does not follow that "c" is a friend of "b".  In fact, I've seen 
many cases in which "c" actually hates "b" and pushes to "a" to end the 
association with "b".

I personally like the theory that Krager interrupted Aliera and Mario 
during a ...tender... moment and she resents him for it.  ;-)

happy new year

mr