On Fri, 19 Oct 2001 21:51:40 -0400 "Dana Shilling" dshilling@worldnet.att.net writes:
Never mind that, if you were trading in someone else's virtue you'd expect to get a higher price for Tarrant's than Vila's.
Avon may have had to think fast on his feet.
1) Avon assumes Egrorian was not the sort of mad scientist who values the monastic life.
2) His insistance he needs to bring someone down with him is actually a stalling technique while he tries to get the warted one to give something away about his assistant.
3) He gives what I assume Avon recognized as a masculine name.
4) Avon instantly realized that, if he brought Dayna or Soolin, he might find much unpleasant attention focused on himself, the new face in town.
5) Avon also realized that, if Tarrant realized why he'd been picked over the others, he would react about as well as Tarrant usually does to these little surprises.
6) He chose Vila.
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