[Dragaera] Dragaera Digest, Vol 15, Issue 1

[Philip Hart]

On Tue, 4 Sep 2007, Jon Lincicum wrote:

>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu>
>> On Tue, 4 Sep 2007, Jon Lincicum wrote:
>>> From: Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu>
>>>> Planting something in Aliera's rooms would not work because
>>>> she could simply demand to be allowed to testify under the Orb
>>>> that it was not hers.
>>>
>>> IF Tortaalik agreed to allow her to so testify
>>
>> Being forbidden to testify would satisfy her honor on that score.
>> House Dragon would have a fine excuse to rebel, too.
>
> Well, Aliera knew (or at least suspected) that Daddy was going to rebel anyway.

But this argument is from the POV of the Consort or T.  They had to get 
A. on something real.  Sethra thinks it's important to find out who
dropped the dime on her.  If SKZB intentionally withheld this info
to convey how a disaster destroys our desire to understand it well,
then fine.


> Perhaps she didn't consider it worth the effort to make a fuss?

She makes a fuss about the search of her rooms.


> Particularly if it would have interfered with the lovely pretext it was 
> giving Daddy to start mixing things up with the Emperor.

Paarfi suggests the insult to his daughter is the final impetus to Adron's
rebellion.