There's something to be said for that. I think there were a number of reasons the two were drawn to each other: 1. They were of the same race, living in a city/empire of another race 2. They were both assassins so they knew they didn't have to hide that fact from the other 3. They were both Jhereg. I do think you're right in that starting a relationship out by having one person try to kill the other probably says something about its future. Stacy In a message dated Fri, 7 Jun 2002 12:32:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, anthony at netdocuments.com writes: > The relationship between Vlad and Cawti started by her > killing him. How > healthy of a relationship is that? > > "So, how did you two meet?" > > "She stabbed me to death." > > It wasn't meant to last.