[Dragaera] Gender imbalance in the Jhereg [_Dzur_ Spoiler]

Howard Brazee howard at brazee.net
Thu Feb 15 16:47:00 PST 2007


On 4:31 PM Jon Lincicum wrote:
>  >>He actually says Yendi and Jhereg. "A Jhereg I would have
>  recognized by
>  >>> > his smell." or some such comment follows.
>  >
>  >>
>  >> Ah, good point then - but I'll just claim that's simply the
>  Jhereg's
>  >> mishmash genetics.
>
>
>  Point taken. The genetic factor also makes it that much easier for
>  any Jhereg who would wish to appear unaffiliated to just kind of
>  blend in, however.

In our world racists have said they could tell a minority by the smell - 
this looks similar.
But to some extent, we sometimes *can* tell if someone is from a culture 
with a very different diet than we have.    Vegetarians can smell meat 
eaters for instance.






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