Well, we seem to be in something of a lull so I thought that I would mention a couple of things that pricked my curiosity.
The first of those things is that lizards on Safehold have fur. I had always thought of mammals as the exclusive owners of hair, so it seems strange to me that something not-a-mammal has it. Wikipedia says that mammals are distinguished from reptiles and birds by the possession of hair, three middle ear bones, mammary glands, and a neocortex. I understand that Safehold species and Earth species have separate evolutionary histories, but I have to ask what it is that makes Safeholdian lizards lizards. Do they lay eggs? Do they have moveable quadrate bones? Do they have long bifurcate tongues?
The other thing was the size of Safehold's moon. I recall at least three military operations where the moon played a significant rôle. However, that is supposed to be rare in the universe. Moons are usually much smaller than their primaries, and the amount of light they reflect to the primaries' night side should be minimal. On the other hand I do seem to recall the existence of a theory stating that the possession of a large moon is a necessary prerequisite to abiogenesis, or there may be some other reason space-traveling humans chose a system with a large moon to inhabit.
~Tonto
