FOREIGNER: Discussion Post #2, Spoiler Edition

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Bren dressing himself and braiding his own hair

I noticed that, too -- I hadn't quite remembered if he could braid his own hair adequately! :D Even funnier when I think that he's braiding his own hair and dressing himself, but just been informed he's going to be changing his own sheets... and compare that to his eventual position. Heh.

either Bren is wrong or Cherryh changed her mind

I made a little "!" by that in my copy. I suspect that Bren is just naive -- even in book 5 or whatever, remember how he's surprised when Banichi says the head of Damiri's staff was Guild? So either Bren's just naive, or Cherryh changed her mind and is cleverly covering that by implying Bren's naivete... :D

Given that comment by Banichi, it seems that pretty much everyone in the Guild knows each other, or at least those at the top know each other (presumably anyone high enough to be employed in the Bujavid is familiar with others in that ranking)...