On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, David Silberstein wrote: > On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Dave Cooper wrote: > > >At the end of Issola, I see Vlad eating at Valabars, when Mario comes in, > >sits across from him and explains that he was offered a handsome price for > >Vlads death, but refused when a close personal friend asked him not to take > >the contract. > > Nah. I don't buy that Mario would ever go to a target and *tell* him > that he wouldn't do it, *just* so the target knows. It might come out > in casual conversation if they meet up for a different reason, though. Vlad's a non-target in this scenario. Vlad's been told of offers to off him before.