Dragaera

Alternate ending for _Jhereg_

David Silberstein davids at Kithrup.COM
Thu Mar 25 13:37:29 PST 2004

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Howard Brazee wrote:

>Jerry Friedman wrote:
>
>> I agree with Bob that it must be possible to rob the Jhereg
>> treasury.  Money is for spending, so there have to be trusted
>> people with the authority to take money out, and one of them
>> could steal, if nothing else.
>
>What is interesting is that there IS a crime that's greater than any
>robbery - as defined by every single state in our world.
>
>That crime is killing the head of state.
>
>But the response of the Dragaerans is pretty close to deification of
>the Mario. 
>

We have not seen anyone deify Mario, unless you count certain persons
on this mailing list, who are perhaps overexcited by Mario's
reputation. 

Vlad is in awe of Mario, but I doubt he worships him.  

Aliera is in lust with him, but, well, she's *Aliera*.  I doubt she
worships anybody, given that her mom *is* a god.