Quinalums and lethium

[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

What are the Community theories surrounding Heiro's visit to Gen after his attack by the assassins and before the nightmare?  When I first read it, I assumed she brought the quinalums, at Gen's request, so he could spike his own lethium.  Now I'm not so sure.  What else might they have discussed?


And later, the queen accepts Petrus, the court physician, did not spike the lethium.  After the Dr leaves:

"You trust him?" she asked. ...
"I know something you don't," the king told her.
"Who put the quinalums in the lethium?"
"That too."

"that too" - What else does Gen know besides who put the quinalums in the lethium???

Comments

[avian-xj.livejournal.com]

I agree that he was protecting Heiro.

I think that Gen put the quinalums in the lethium himself after he had Heiro bring them to him. Gen didn't have to take the quinalums to have nightmares - he had them all the time. He framed Sejanus, but because Sejanus couldn't prove that he didn't do it, it was his word against Gen's. Because Sejanus wasn't particularly well liked, and because Gen was king, Gen won.

Heiro took a risk in helping Gen. If he had not won, she could have been accused of drugging the lethium. She may also have been the one who saw Sejanus directing the assassins, and if he found out, that also would've had consequences. She had to trust Gen alot to chance all that.

...supposing that is what happened. I could be completely wrong. :P

[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

after he had Heiro bring them to him

That's what I thought the first two times I read the book - now I'm not so sure. I think her tipping Gen off re: Sejanus-as-the-director-of-assassins is a good theory.