[Dragaera] Tiassa and translation (spoiler)

[Philip Hart]

On Mon, 25 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?
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> 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."

Not sure why we need the middleman, though Vlad does talk about talking 
into a box.  Though that could be a tape recorder held by a guy with a 
parrot on his shoulder.