Vodalus & the Old Autarch

Lee Berman · 10 Aug 2010, 11:33 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:33:29 -0400
Subject: (urth) Vodalus & the Old Autarch
Message-ID: <SNT123-W22A9B466D8FCCE3330AF76CF950 at phx.gbl>

>Mr. Thalassocrat: Thecla-in-Sev recognises the old Autarch; his profile is on the coinage;
>clearly his appearance isn't some kind of big secret.
>But Vodalus doesn't make the conenction. How likely is that?
>I lean towards thinking this is just a narrative glitch, because I can't
>think up a text-based explanation for it.

I've wondered the same thing, especially regarding the coin and most especially because it is
a false coin. I don't know if Vodalus himself is the counterfeiter but whichever of his 
associates made the coin had to be very aware of the image he was engraving.

My text-based explanation is that Vodalus has never actually met his secret accomplice in House
Absolute. All their communication has been by those micro-fiche thingies (was it called a stele?)
and Vodalus' assertion that his accomplice has never lied is based only on that or other forms of
communication which do not require personal presence.

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