On 10 Mar 2003, Jag wrote: > >In fact I seem to recall one point where Vlad was holding a morganti >blade and could feel that the blade would be just as happy to turn in >his hand and cut him as it would be to cut Vlad's enemy. > He's said that several times in the books, I think. My interpretation is that Vlad is simply detecting the Morganti's pull on all surrounding life-force (souls), which of course includes that of the one holding the Morganti blade. He's just anthropomorphizing the cause of that peculiar and deeply unpleasant sensation.