>>- Who would have thought that Dorothy would be the one to coin "Vlad
>>the Impala". There's something definitely wrong if she doesn't
>>voluntarily take the Turing Test this time. So why do I keep having a
>>niggling suspicion that she's going to be forced into taking it
>>for some reason? (the suspicious part of me working overtime?)
>
>Well, she can't really be forced to take it, unless you mean
>forced by circumstances. (OK, I suppose she could if Corwin ordered
>her to go, but we've already established that he doesn't want to do
>that.)

Corwin's made his feelings about ordering her to take it quite clear, I think. And speaking of clarity, I should have been clearer. Yes, forced by circumstances to take the test (as in, "only independent, sentient beings can <do X>" "all right, give me the #&*^%$ test now") before she has an opportunity to voluntarily take it (as in, "I've scheduled myself to take the test a week from next Tuesday"). But that's my evil, suspicious sub-conscious for you, always looking for the darker side of life ;)

>>- The discussion only briefly touched on the passage of the
>>Extension to the Psi Act; after all, though it boded ill for the
>>structure of society at large, it would have no direct effect on any
>>of -them-, right?
>>
>>For once in her life, Azalynn dv'Ir Natashkan missed a trick.
>>
>>Why does this last sentence feel like it's written all-caps,
>>bold-face, underlined, red, extra-large font, surrounded by flashing
>>lights, with ominous music for a soundtrack? Is it possible to write
>>something more obviously intended to be foreshadowing something?
>
>... OK... actually, it isn't intended to be anything particularly
>momentous. All it means is that Azalynn has, for once, failed to
>notice something about one of her friends - namely, that Devlin Carter
>is an unregistered telepath. Had she known that, she wouldn't have
>passed off the subject of the Psi Act Extension nearly so easily.

Everyone has a bad day, even Azalynn. At a guess I'd say the huge majority of that entire group Devlin hangs around with has missed it. So OK, no foreshadowing beyond the Psi Act, and possible (probable?) PsiCorps raids for unregistered folks (I'd ask if we're going to get to see just how good those forged PsiCorps cards Zoner's been handing out like candy really are, but asking that sort of thing is against the rules so I won't <weg>)

Regards,

Jeanne