[Dragaera] More on Teleportation Economics

[Damien Sullivan]

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 01:56:35PM -0800, Philip Hart wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Feb 2010, Alexx Kay wrote:
>
>>>
>>> On the other hand, how motivated is he to learn to teleport, anyway?
>>
>> Not much evidence.  On the one hand "sorcery didn't interest me."
>
> Vlad has some interest perhaps in presenting himself in romantic mode -  
> maybe I should say Romantic - downplaying his Dragaeran influences to 
> play up his rebelliousness.  Teleporting is just too useful for even a 
> 14-y-o to sneer at, and presumably the rest of sorcery.  It's a bit 

Yeah.  I mean, fricking teleport!  I guess you'd be less motivated if
it's hard to do (safely) and it's cheap to have someone else teleport
you -- assuming you can find someone who knows the location.  (Actually,
how did 16yo Vlad know how to get out to the jungle?)  And there's the
nausea thing for humans.  But still, teleport!

Line in Athyra: Savn reflecting that he'd heard the middle-class
teleported everywhere, even skipping 10-20 mile walks.  Um, yeah,
Savn...

-xx- Damien X-)