"Firian" <G.Booth@*NOSPAM*usm.edu> wrote in message
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> "Power Randy" <randypower@NO-bigpond.net-SPAM.au> wrote in message
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> > "Firian" <G.Booth@*NOSPAM*usm.edu> wrote in message
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> >> >
> >> > When has it ever been mentioned that dragons are able to fight thread
> >> > after dark? I might have missed that detail in my readings, but I
don't
> >> > think so. Whers have much better night vision and Thread doesn't
always
> >> > fall at convenient daytime hours. What of the nocturnal falls? This
is
> > the
> >> > first real solution I know of.
> >>
> >> This actually is addressed in one of the books...I just cannot for the
> > life
> >> of me remember which one, and I'm at work right now. I remember a scene
> > with
> >> nocturnal threadfall, where it was mentioned that thread falls with a
> >> luminescence making it even easier to fight than during the daylight
> > hours.
> >> I wish I could remember which book this was.
> >
> > Dragons fighting thread at night or pre dawn is mentioned in "Red Star
> > Rising" Chapter 17 Pg 327 here's an excerpt.
> > "Everyone would have preferred a daylight defence, but Thread didn't
need
> > to
> > see to Fall. And according to Sean's reports of early morning or late
> > evening Falls, the silvery stuff would be luminous enough for the
> > practical
> > purpose of flaming it out of the sky."
> > So it would seem that Thread can be seen by anyone who dares be out in
it
> > day or night.
> >
> > (Bea)
>
> Thanks Bea. I couldn't remember which book it was in (strange, since I
> reread that one, called Dragonseye here in the States, just before reading
> Dragon's Kin), and hadn't had time to go back through them to find the
> reference. :) I also seem to recall a reference in Dragonsblood itself
(just
> came to me and I'm, as usual, at work so I can't check on it) where
dragons
> fight Thread after dark, and it's mentioned that they can see Thread just
> fine, just not each other as well in relation to where they are. Might not
> have been Dragonsblood, I will have to check that one for sure when I get
> the chance. But this bothers me since dragons don't need to see each other
> to know where, spatially, they are in relation to each other. Dragons fly
in
> and out of the hatching grounds, day or night, when a hatching begins, and
> it's always mentioned that they know exactly where other dragons are so
> there's never a collision. That would take more than just eyesight, that
> would take all their considerable "psychic" abilities.
>
> G
>
I was going to mention the US title "Dragonseye" but then forgot to do it
concentrating on not making a typo as I usually do. Out pure interest (not
to mention I'm nosy) It would be nice to know where people are from. I'm
from Australia in the state of Queensland living on the Gold Coast ( little
Florida) lol
Bea
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