[LMB] Hallana

[Lois McMaster Bujold]

[LMB] Lois-Bujold Digest, Vol 31, Issue 1
Suzette Petty suzettepetty at hotmail.com
Sat Dec 1 15:12:12 GMT 2007


 > And speaking of HH... I was still nursing my first son when I read 
the> ARC. Was I the only one to find Hallana arriving on scene mere 
days> after the birth of her child *without* her baby completely 
unbelievable?> > I mean, yes, bringing the baby would have been 
dangerous, wet nurses> were probably available, and she might even have 
been able to ignore the> whole bonding process, but she was way too... 
flippant about the whole> thing.> > Also, she wasn't leaking all over 
the landscape nearly enough.> > Agnes
 
I personally figured that her milk just hadn't come in yet. It's been a 
while since I've read HH, but I think I presumed that the baby was 
within a day's journey (either it was close to her home, or they 
travelled with her for some of the way).  Though I think it'd be some 
kind of torture to be travelling right after childbirth (and I don't 
even want to think about horseback riding then).  
 
Suzette


***  One may presume that Hallana, as a sorceress, physician, and dual 
saint, had supernatural aid in dealing with the physiological details.  
Which single-viewpoint Ingrey, being Ingrey, wouldn't much notice or 
think about anyway.

Note she did not ride, but traveled on a pallet in a wagon, at least 
till that last leg into the mountains.

Also, this was baby #3.  One does grow more confident and casual with 
repetition, barring glitches, not to mention have one's support system 
more fine-turned.  She likely wouldn't have done it with baby #1, 
despite divine pressure.

    Ta, L.