That's why I'm particularly non-committal in my comment.ANTIcarrot wrote:I'm not sure I agree with that logic. Fel may have been (delberately) talking at cross purposes to your question, but it's possible.

This is a bit like the existence of God problem; you can't really prove an unknowable. Until other evidence presents itself it's best to build a model on what has been observed [written].ANTIcarrot wrote:There may also be some kind of silly rule at play about only so many clear-shanks allowed to work at once.

Chapter 11 has some more on this issue...