User blog comment:Peony Laminar/Peony Laminar/@comment-From the South/@comment-1988904-20100423210749

@Windy. Thanks for your insightful comments. It's got me thinking about what I've written and I'll probably be revising that chapter a bit now, because the character's reactions and knowledge seems to be way too subtle and in points a bit inaccurate.

Thalweg knows a great deal about Redwall, all of which he learned from Dann during the time they traveled together. I think Thalweg didn't want to react that much so as to be suspicious/make it seem he wants to protect Redwall. Regolith was about to press Thalweg for more info, but Vermilion stopped him for some reason.

The Thalweg chapters are all about poker faces and a little bit Arabian nights/Scheherazade with him telling tales to placate the pine martens so they don't tire and dispose of him.