--- David Johnston <rgorman@telusplanet.net> wrote:

Steed seems like a redundant choice as is.  He does nothing that Drake
doesn't do, and is sane to boot.  A hint to his superfluity is the
fact that you didn't give Steed a single line.

<eyebrow cocked>

To quote:

"Leaving all that aside for the moment," Steed interjected, once again
playing peacemaker. "I trust
we can all agree that something is more than slightly off about the
illustrious Mr. Portsreeve, eh?" Seeing
unanimous grudging agreement, he continued. "I'm certainly curious enough.
If a man like this has
accumulated this much power and influence, it's unlikely that he plan on
putting it to benificent use. Let's
have a whip-round and feel the blackguard out."

Unquote.

In other words, his role is to *be* the sane one.


Chris Davies.

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