[Dragaera] Tiassa and translation (spoiler)

[Alexx Kay]

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> On Sun, 24 Apr 2011, Alexx Kay wrote:
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>> I've long assumed that Vlad's contact with Brust-the-translator are not
>> linear in time.  He knows that if he talks into the box, B-t-t will get
>> it
>> at some point -- but that point may be before (from B-t-t's point of
>> view)
>> other books that Vlad has already dictated.  That seems the simplest(!)
>> explanation for all of Vlad's variations on the phrase "I don't know if
>> you know this or not".
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> How are trinkets getting through in this scenario?

I didn't mean to imply that the 'box' was a transmitter (though I suppose
it might be).  I presume that Vlad still has to occasionally have a
physical meet-up with someone to exchange box data and payment.  Though
that person could easily enough be Sethra or the Necromancer; "Hey Sethra,
could you give this to that writer guy when you see him next?  I'll be by
to pick up payment whenever I'm next in the area."

Alexx

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