So the Demon hires Vlad in part because Mellar may have fled to the East and V has contacts there. I was just wondering, if M wanted to flee there, how long would it take him? It's not entirely clear to me how far the Orb's influence extends - though from _BP_ probably well into the East. Anyway, if M can't teleport directly, lacking for example the coordinates, he'd presumably have to travel to the mountains and cross a pass, which would make him a good target. Most likely he would instead go to Greenaere, perhaps by being teleported to a ship near the edge of the Orb's influence. Anyway, it seems to me that the Organization has too short a deadline to go looking for M out East. They should probably consider faking a corpse and getting a loan from the Empire. Actually, they're heavily invested in certain banks, as we learn in _Orca_ - why do they have such a glut of cash in _Jhereg_?