[Dragaera] night vision

Howard Brazee howard at brazee.net
Thu Jul 24 09:02:03 PDT 2008


Mia McDavid wrote:
> Howard Brazee wrote: (in re: jhereg)
>   
>> With poison attacks?
>>
>> What predators do you know with eyes on the side?
>>
>>     
> Again, scavenger.  I'm no expert, but I looked at some pictures of 
> vultures and some of them seem to have their eyes quite wide-set.
>
>   
If we are told that they are scavengers, but are shown that they are 
predators, I will believe they are predators.


> Also, while Vlad is very happy to talk up the fearsomeness of Loiosh's 
> poison, he admits to his audience that the effects of jhereg poison are 
> unpredictable and possibly not terribly serious.
>
> Interesting point, though:  while Vlad always speaks of jhereg as 
> scavengers, in Athyra we do see that Rocza has negative opinions about 
> *hunting*, and they do bring in apparently fresh game when Vlad is injured.
>
> Go figure . . .
>
>
>   
So how does the *race* behave?   As predators or scavengers?



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