On Sat, 8 Mar 2003, Philip Hart wrote: #According to several books (well, _Jhereg_ and _Yendi_ at least) #it's the way of things that one assassin is assigned per job. #I think this was presented as a measure to avoid interference. #(Which wouldn't necessarily be at issue here, admittedly.) #And perhaps this indicates Dragaeran patience relative to Easterners. But when the Demon was hiring Vlad to take out Mellor ,, wo was holed up in Castle Black, he told him "If someone else sees a clear shot, they're going to take it", OWTTE. (sorry for the typos; my ISP is giving really rotten echo time). -- Mark A. Mandel http://world.std.com/~mam/Cracks-and-Shards/ a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website