Vlad thinking to Kragar: "Yeah. But that begs the question. How could he afford to hire them? Plus pay whatever it must have cost to start trouble in the Easterners' Quarter?" Yendi, Chapter 9, page 111. The Book of Jhereg, Yendi, Chapter 9, page 250. Sethra speaking: "As I say, this one skill implies many others. How did they acquire this skill? Some of the younger ones have been taught by some of the older ones; I was once offered godhood. But this still begs the question: Whence came the oldest of the gods, and how did they acquire their abilities?" Issola, paperback, Chapter 2, page 35. Sethra speaking: "A demon? No, the demons have their own lives, and no concern for our world, except when they are summoned; and that only begs the question of who did the summoning and why?" Issola, paperback, Chapter 2, page 42. Thank you book search.