I replied to this on the spoiler post. Non-spoilery: yes, I think Ian's initial experience with Manadgi and the village to which Manadgi took them would have been a huge head-start - no doubt that's why he ended up the first paidhi. (It's possible nobody else wanted the job, too...)
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Re: and on that farm there was a o'oi-ana, e i e i o
Date: 2011-06-12 01:03 am (UTC)