Worse and worse. Jovain is aghast that Iern might become the next Captain of Skyholm and the Domain:
"'...that jackanapes, that technolater, may well be chosen -' He gulped. 'Precisely because I'm his personal enemy, I feel I'm in a position to make a move for Gaea. Hatred can be an energy of the Life Force, can't it?'
"Dyas Garsaya nodded. 'I suppose so,' he replied. 'I'm no adept, you realize.'" (p. 116)
We need to be clear about what the "Life Force" is. If it is biological motivations, then, yes, its energies include strong emotions, both positive and negative. But everything so far has suggested that Gaea is believed to be something transcendent, that its adepts transcend self. If I were in Jovain's shoes, then I would think, "Precisely because I have a strong personal animosity toward Iern, I am the wrong person to deal with him in any matters of Domain policy."
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Kaor, Paul!
And Jovain had already tried to previously murder Iern! But Talence Iern had been willing to hush that up if Jovain agreed to retire to private life and obscurity.
Ad astra! Sean
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