[LMB] A question about TSK:B (attn to LMB and others :)

[Jude Mustard]

It has been more than 3mths since the release of the
book :) so no more spoiler space. (Based on Oct 10,
2006, which is the date given on the amazon website,
it's 4mths now.)

I was a bit puzzled by something (ref pg 293 on the
HC.)

When Dag is explaining to Fawn about string-binding,
he says something which doesn't make sense to me --
that if someone is out in the field and feels the
ground draining out of the cord that they're wearing,
it tells them that their spouse has died, but that
they hope that it's just the string that's been
destroyed in a tent fire or something.

What I don't get is this: they're each wearing the
string with the other person's ground in it, right?
>From what I understand, if one partner dies, the other
would feel the partner's ground draining out of the
string that they themselves were wearing. However, if
the partner's string was just destroyed, they would
feel their own ground "coming back," or maybe they'd
feel nothing at all? Either way, seems to me that the
two feelings should be quite different.

Only way I can make it fit is by saying that the two
bracelets are linked to each other, and if one's
destroyed, the other would cease to work as well.

Anyone else puzzled over this?

--Jude


*****
"Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart."
--Lois McMaster Bujold, "Memory", 1996


 
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