[Dragaera] Jhegaala crack (spoiler)

[Philip Hart]

On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Maximilian Wilson wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:19 AM, Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
>> On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Maximilian Wilson wrote:
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>> "Yeah, I know that", and furthering the conversation.  But rereading the
>> passages you helpfully quote, everything seems perfectly fine.  In
>> _Jhegaala_, Vlad says, I heard someone claim x, and that's stupid.  In
>> _Issola_, Teldra tells Vlad x, and he's surprised, because, well.

>> [Me saying M couldn't be that dumb was snipped]

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> He's not surprised that something he was skeptical of turns out to be
> true. The notion of Morrolan not knowing he was human is new to him,
> hence "You're going to have to explain that."  He is baffled and THEN
> surprised, which is inconsistent with Jhegaala.

As I said, Vlad thought not x because x->y, and he's sure of not y
(that is, he knows M isn't stupid) - he "hadn't known he was Dragaeran -- 
just thought he was a very tall human. I'd never asked him if it were 
true, but I didn't believe it; the differences were too obvious."
I don't at all understand the bafflement then surprise distiction you're
trying to make.