Kate Davenport
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Thank you for Demon Daughter. I had wondered how you would tell if a new demon (infested?) a young child. I forgot about the fires. LOL. My question is: Do you think Penric is known/remembered as a person in Cazaril's time? Or is he just an author on useful books in the chapter libraries?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Your first question is similar to how one would tell if a new demon infested a cat... :-) You need someone with second/god-sight to diagnose it: saint, petty saint, sorcerer or shaman. And older demon with human personalities and speech would make it more obvious by their ascended behavior, although a very clever demon might even keep that concealed for a while.
I have no idea yet what Pen's relation to Caz's time till be. His books will certainly linger in Temple libraries in all realms where they've had translations, which so far does not include the Ibran peninsula.
A much older Penric interests me, although I don't want to jump prematurely over all the cool story possibilities that lie nearer term.
Ta, L.
Your first question is similar to how one would tell if a new demon infested a cat... :-) You need someone with second/god-sight to diagnose it: saint, petty saint, sorcerer or shaman. And older demon with human personalities and speech would make it more obvious by their ascended behavior, although a very clever demon might even keep that concealed for a while.
I have no idea yet what Pen's relation to Caz's time till be. His books will certainly linger in Temple libraries in all realms where they've had translations, which so far does not include the Ibran peninsula.
A much older Penric interests me, although I don't want to jump prematurely over all the cool story possibilities that lie nearer term.
Ta, L.
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