Steven Brust wrote: > You keep forgetting that Vlad is an idiot. This intrigues me. Do you really see Vlad as an idiot? I mean, sure, he's not a super intelligent Vance-like character with more intelligence and skills than a small town, and yes, sometimes when he's taking a stroll out on his own after making powerful enemies he's not thinking all that clearly and should have been a bit more practical, but despite that I still see Vlad as a pretty intelligent guy. And I don't believe this is just because of the bias of seeing things through his eyes. I usually have an instinctive loathing of less intelligent characters, but Vlad never made any warning bells ring. May you always find shade and water, Sander