>Now that Devlin has irrevocably, er, involved himself in the Gamilon
>royal family, I can't imagine that Amanda will allow him to go on not
>knowing one end of a sharp, pointy item (aside from herself; he knows
>his way around her pretty well :) from the other. But for right now,
>no, he hasn't the skills necessary to be a Duelist.

One assumes the characterization of Amanda as 'sharp and pointy' is meant to describe her speech tones and her wit, and not any part of her physiology.

If it is, I'm certain that Devlin's got some very interesting marks that were just not described in the part where he ran around the palace in his underwear and coat....

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Geoff Depew - Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Malakite of Lightning and Angel of Tech Support Professionals
(They won't give me LARTs, they say that's restricted to Michael.)