[Dragaera] [Orca spoiler] Rereading Taltos...

[Damien Sullivan]

On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 08:44:00AM -0800, Damien Sullivan wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 04:29:36PM +0000, Jon%20Lincicum wrote:
> 
> > If Kiera was watching Vlad from an early age, why couldn't Sethra have
> > cured Vlad's father with sorcery, rather than letting him die? 
> 
> Not clear to me that Kiera was watching Vlad that closely.  Even if she
> seems to have been later -- Jhereg flashbacks, getting him a job in the
> Organization -- that could have started after his father died, out of
> concern.
> 
> Conversely, Vlad's father had a way out: his witch father could have
> cured him.  Risking cover to save an idiot who won't use the resources
> available to him -- or conversely, an individual who, Dragon-like, would
> rather die than betray his principles -- doesn't seem like a Sethra
> thing, unless she has reason.  If his death was pointless, it's a
> pointlessness he chose.

And Vlad got sick from the same disease, which Noish-pa did cure him of.
So I doubt Sethra caused it; too Xanatosy.

-xx- Damien X-)