[Dragaera] Seventeen Jhegaala Spoilers *HEAVY, SEVERE, SERIOUS, MAJOR Spoilers*

[Erzsébet of Catspirit Wood]

Jon Lincicum wrote:
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> 1. Do you suppose Zerika ever thanks Vlad for sending her the gift of 
> paper? What will cheap, plentiful paper do for Cawti's campaign to teach 
> Teckla to read? Will it have any impact on the ability of certain 
> [cough]historians[cough] to get their works published, cheaply, some 
> years later?

Now those are interesting thoughts, both of them-- the campaign to teach 
Teckla to read, and the ability of certain... verbose writers to get 
their works published. ;)

> 4. Vlad's plan of attack for finding the answers he seek keeps changing. 
> This may be the most Jhegaala-like trait in the whole story. To the 
> left, the plans themselves are more Tiassa-like.

I don't know. Flailing around blindly, exploring every corner of the 
limited environment, seems to describe what Vlad's doing in the middle 
part of the book pretty well.

> 10. Vlad's ability to manipulate events while lying bedridden through 
> the last few chapters and destroy his enemies with a simple ruse while 
> physically helpless is positively Yendi-like.

I did like this bit. I guess I don't like seeing Vlad helpless, and 
paradoxically, he seemed less helpless late in the clutches of the 
questioners than he had earlier while wandering around Burz. Go figure.

> 15. We now know that pigs do exist on Dragaera. We've had hints before, 
> but this is the first time the word's ever been directly used. I had 
> often suspected they might not, in favor of Kethna.

I first thought you meant the reference to "pork" in the "hunter's 
stew," and I think that could still have been kethna. But then I 
realized you probably meant "pig eatin's." I'm not sure what to think of 
that, as we still have no other evidence of pigs. I wonder if it could 
be a linguistic hold-over from pre-colonization days?

I started re-reading two nights ago, and decided I'm not ready for 
another run-through yet. Maybe I'll re-read _Athyra_ and _Orca_ instead. :)

-- 
Erzsébet of Catspirit Wood
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