> I think the only possibility of the Jhereg leaving Vlad alone is if someone > comes up with a way to "save face" for the Jhereg. One method would be the > classic "faked" death, perhaps. Although at this point, since Vlad has been > "home free" for at least a year or so, he may already have severely damaged > the House of Jhereg's reputation. :) I wouldn't say so much "home free" as "desperately on the run, living like a rat, in fear for his life at every moment." Or at least, that's what I would say if I was in charge of Jhereg Council spin. And it's not that inaccurate, really. Alexx Alexx Kay Opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of my employers alexx at world.std.com http://world.std.com/~alexx "As regards the increasingly quaint notion of "Realism," a concept dependent upon the broader notion of "Reality," then I'm afraid that I'm equally at a loss." -- Alan Moore in correspondence with Dave Sim about _From Hell_