Liked the grabbing of Shun, who was also fairly well decribed.
   A question - You gave his last name as Kuonji. Who was the father, and
why didn't the son take his name?

	Shun is the son of Ukyou and Konatsu.  Remember how I asked 
earlier about Konatsu's family name?  Well, there was some confusion.  
Then I realized that Ukyou'd be the one to wear the pants in this family, 
and decided to mess with gender identification.

   One last question - While I realize that the name fits both your
interest and the previous fanfic name, why did you choose "Symmetric
Polynomials" for the title? :)

	I was waiting for someone to ask that.  A symmetric polynomial is 
an expression with more than one variable in it (e.g. x^2 + y^2 + z^2 
+2xyz), where if you permute any of the variables, you get the same 
expression back.  This story deals with how characters from D&I deal with 
knowledge of their own destiny, and the difficulties they have in 
changing it.
 ______
{B-{=__
rmckenzi@euclid.ucsd.edu : The White-Robed Mathematician