[Dragaera] Orca Reconsideration 1

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From: "Sean Whalen" <stlatos at yahoo.com> 
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--- On Mon, 2/8/10, Alexx Kay <alexx at panix.com> wrote: 

From: Alexx Kay <alexx at panix.com> 
Subject: Re: [Dragaera] Orca Reconsideration 1 
To: "Sean Whalen" <stlatos at yahoo.com> 
Cc: dragaera at lists.dragaera.info 
Date: Monday, February 8, 2010, 11:09 AM 

>> 
>> There are several facts from earlier books that give ideas about 
>> possible ways she could have done this: 
>> 
>> 1. Sorcerous spell. 
>... 
>> 2. Complex long-lasting illusion. 
>... 
>> 3. In _Taltos_, Kragar says Sethra is a shape-shifter. 
>... 
> 
>You seem to have overlooked what, to me, is the most obvious explanation. 
> 
>4. A purely physical, mundane disguise, carried off extremely well. 
>Kiera taught Vlad the art of disguise, so he knows (and we know) that 
>she's good at it. (I don't think that particular bit of their shared 
>background was talked about until _Dzur_, but we know it now.) 
>> 
> 
> 
> How would Sethra change her height, her eyes, conceal her fangs, arrange her hair beneath a wig in a suitable way, and change her face and voice enough to fool people who know both for >extended periods of time? 
> 
> In a world with magic, when the subject is so associated with magic, a magic explanation shouldn't be unusual, and there are too many problems with a mundane disguise to consider it >seriously. 

Not to mention: how does she hide Iceflame? 

Majikjon