On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Mark A Mandel wrote: > On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Peter H. Granzeau wrote: > > #The name you want is Dolivar. I don't believe his soul was Mario, as Vlad > #speaks of Mario in the present tense (I think in _Jhereg_). > > While I also don't think that Mario and Vlad are, um, soulmates, I'm > unwilling to pin a lot on Vlad's use. Someone on this list has described > Vlad's attitude toward Mario as something like superstitious awe. V may > be simply assuming that M is still alive. Have we seen any other > evidence one way or the other? I happen to think Mario is dead (at Sethra/Aliera's hand) (and hence that SKZB was messing with us) for no particularly good reason but my sense of rightness - but one semi-shred of evidence re no Mario would be someone's statement at the end of _Orca_ that she's not scared of him.