Brad writes: >>From: Chris Turkel <zizban at adelphia.net> >>let me modify that question somewhat, if I may, to "Now that you have >>have the second most powerful weapon on the planet, will return to >>Adrinlankha (spelling) and resume your former career?" >I think it is pretty clear that Vlad has given up on his >previous..err...line of work. You mean "line of 'work'", yes? I may have a friend who knows about that. :) >less likely to immediately assume all problems can be solved by >killing the right person. More importantly, having someone he revered and trusted totally screw him over by giving him some 'work' which hurt quite a number of people he cared about extremely badly, and didn't even accomplish its (stated) purpose [I do wonder if that was it's real purpose -- could its real purpose have been to sour Vlad on 'work'? Or even to force him to totally change his way of life, as it did? The ways of gods are subtle; the ways of Verra, doubly so.] seem to have soured him on the whole idea. Imagine that. >Vlad's real skill is working as a detective, sniffing out conspiracies >and the like. That is where his future lies. Yes -- he was extremely good at this even when he 'worked', and, in fact, it was his primary skill in said 'work' (in addition to kicking butt). >Though how Steve is gonna deal with this whole great weapon thing is >beyond me. Remember that kicking butt? Mind, I've never been sure -how- a GW protects its wielder -- will it actually stop pointy things thrown at you or increase your fencing skill? Or is it simply that it makes you a lot harder to touch/stop with magic, and the whole "kill with a scratch" thing? -- Joshua Kronengold (mneme at io.com) "I've been teaching |\ _,,,--,,_ ,) --^--him...to live, to breath, to walk, to sample the /,`.-'`' -, ;-;;' /\\joy on each road, and the sorrow at each turning. |,4- ) )-,_ ) /\ /-\\\I'm sorry if I kept him out too late"--Vlad Taltos '---''(_/--' (_/-'