I've been wondering that very same thing myself for awhile. So far haven't picked up on any other hints that the murder was a setup. -----Original Message----- From: Robert Opramolla [mailto:moghan_david at yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 6:10 PM To: dragaera at dragaera.info Subject: Re: was mario in Jhereg? After rereading the opener to Jhereg again myself, it is clear that the assassination attempt at Vlad's Father's restaurant was clearly not Mario. If Mario is as good as we are led to believe, Vlad would never have even noticed him. Besides I don't remember Mario ever working with another Jhereg. And he would have paid for his meal too. Mario has real class. I think the question that needs to be asked. Was the whole assassination as set up by Sethra/Kiera to gain the confidence of Vlad? He was more shocked by her kindness than by witnessing a murder. How long as she been manipulating him or for that matter the whole Taltos family! While I believe that Sethra has come to have quite a fondness for our Assassin. She needed him, and ensured that he had the necessary tools to fulfill that need. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes