  As I said earlier in this thread and in various other threads, "Svengali Nakomi" first interrogated Aviendha under drugs, hypnosis, or light Compulsion abd then planted the equivalent of a post-hypnotic suggestion in her that caused her to hallucinate her second trip.  Ok. Fair enough. Please defend. I noticed your defense of your own theory is based on what YOU believe to be the simplest explanation (from what I gathered rereading your posts) on the sole basis of how you personally interpreted the encounter with Nakomi in the book. I didn't see any other defenses, other than to refute other ideas.  Now, I actually agree with you, that the encounter with Nakomi was a little weird, but It did not seem drug addled to me. Just weird. Weird like some strange old lady appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the sahara desert weird.  