: ...I entirely agree that it was deliberately done by the
: Myth guys. I just don't think it necessarily means
: that Alric is cold, or that he expects to become a
: Leveller any time soon (although the thought's
: doubtless crossed his mind).
He's seen the Total Codex, he knows who he is, who he has been (maybe), and who he will become. That's my reasoning.
: He could just be keenly
: aware that he's going to be ordering lots of people to
: horrible deaths for most of the foreseeable
: future--even if it's for a good cause--and he can't
: afford to become friends with fodder. In my view, he
: distances himself mainly because he's naturally a
: humane sort of guy who would otherwise find it
: difficult to make hard choices. In other words, he
: thinks exactly like I do. :-)
OK! Oh, wait...
::scribbles note, "Do not enlist when SD becomes an officer"::