[Dragaera] Jhegaala *Spoilers*

[Jon Lincicum]

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>>> Either Steve got confused, or Vlad missed a big clue that something 
>>> was amiss:  when Vlad first meets Dahni, Dahni refers to him as 
>>> "Lord Taltos" and Vlad doesn't bat an eye (page 129).
>>>       
>    
>   
>> At this point, Vlad doesn't know who Dahni is really working 
>> for. The way I read it, Vlad assumes (incorrectly) that Dahni 
>> is representing the Guild. He already suspects the Guild had 
>> the Merss family killed--so his immediate reaction to this 
>> revelation is "Turn and walk away." This seems to have not 
>> been a simple slip-up on Dahni's part, since two sentences 
>> earlier he had called him "Lord Merss". Dahni dropped the 
>> Taltos name quite deliberately.
>>     
>
> To my chagrin, it would appear that Steve agrees with you (see comment #26
> at http://dreamcafe.com/words/2008/07/06/jhegaala-spoilers/).
>   

So much of this book is told between the lines. Like in /Dzur/, where it 
took me two or three readthroughs to pick up on the fact that Vlad was 
breaking a glass in just about every chapter.

I am convinced that if Steve had written the Bible, it would not contain 
the words "God" or "Jesus", and while Moses might get mentioned, he 
would only ever appear offstage.

>> This relationship has certainly 
>> blossomed by the time we get to the events of /Athyra/.
>>     
>
> My memory of /Athyra/ is that she seems more concerned with Loiosh than Vlad
> (that it isn't so much that she's worried about Vlad because she likes Vlad,
> but because it upsets Loiosh), but I need to reread /A/ anyway.
>   

There may be truth to this. But then, Vlad himself comments that he's 
not sure why Rocza seems so affectionate, and that he may be imagining it.

>>> "What's time to a kethna?  Sorry, private joke."  Did 
>>> anyone here get this joke?
>>>       
>> Ever see a pig who was impatient to get on with his function in life? 
>> Sat watching the clock, counting down the hours, waiting for 
>> the big event? That's how I read this line, anyway. Kethna 
>> exist to be eaten. If that's your lot in life, you're not 
>> going to sit watching the clock all day.
>>     
>
> That works, except why refer to it as a private joke?  Has this been
> discussed on the List or his blog before, and I missed it

Hmm. Not sure if there's more to it than that. Unless it's another 
subtle nod to "Pig Eatin's".

Majikjon