Akua Lezli Hope <71220.1665@compuserve.com> asks:
> The resounding of familiar visual themes: the asassin reminded us
> of the shadow-agent, especially in killing the "Queens" (was that
> their name? having to deliver it himself?
> Of course he was hungry, hadn't he gone without sleep and
> sustenance to create the unsaid words? Will we ever get to read
> the oath of office, or was this a sublimely clever device to
> spare JMS from creating one?

"Why couldn't the young telepath just broadcast his discovery to the
others, vs. having to deliver it himself?"

Line of sight.

jms