Miyatovich indignantly opposes the Emperor's decree to disband the Dennitzan militia - and says that another civil war may be necessary, or does he say the latter? Kossara cannot explain her fanatical hatred of the Empire except by referring to what Imperials did on Diomedes to people she cared about and later to her. But Flandry, who defends the Empire, wants to identify the Imperials she refers to so that they can be brought to justice. And, in any case, Kossara can say whatever she likes about the Empire to Flandry in private without suffering any consequences.
So what did happen? It is necessary to reread several bracketed flashbacks but I will reconstruct and summarize the course of events. Later: see Undercover On Diomedes.
5 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Dang! I thought, from my previous readings of A KNIGHT OF GHOSTS AND SHADOWS, that I had a good idea of what were the true and false memories of Kossara. Now I'm no longer sure. Which means the next time I read the book I should try to keep the question of her false and true memories especially in mind.
Sean
Of course, memory is inherently unreliable -- ask any lawyer who's worked with witnesses! I just had a character remark that memory is less like a film camera and more like what a novelist does, a process of storytelling.
Dear Mr. Stirling,
I agree! And I recall how the better police TV shows put stress on how unreliable the memories of witnesses usually are.
Sean
Yes
See Elizabeth Loftus and her studies of how "recovered memories" were actually mostly created by leading questions from the 'therapist'. The 'therapists' usually honestly believed they were recovering memories.
Kaor, Jim!
A vexatious problem, disentangling true from false and "implanted" memories.
Ad astra! Sean
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