On Jun 18, 2014, at 1:11 PM, Timothy Collinson <xxxxxx@port.ac.uk> wrote:

> But my favourite was the noble who immediately employed two palanquin bearers....)

With gravitics, a palanquin might not even be all that barbaric so much as an affectation. The servants wouldn’t have to do much more than walk. It could well work as a security measure as well; a ‘safe room’ you’re always in.

Of course a hard-core purist dilettante would not employ gravitics.

Trav subject: Fads that sweep the noble classes…if that year’s fashions take after classic chinese court dress, palanquins might very well be in style.

When Genghis Khan comes into style, though, cleaning up after the war ponies might get tiresome.

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Bruce Johnson
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