In a message dated May/2/2005 9:14:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Mark A. Mandel" <thnidu at yahoo.com> writes: > But if the Organization manages to kill Vlad AND take possession > of GS, then I think the case is much less clear. To what degree, > if any, is GS Lady Teldra, who knows and likes (loves?) Vlad? >From _Issola_, chapter 4: "laying hands on another's Great Weapon is as close to certain death as you can come without having Mario after you." Of course, this is Vlad speaking, so it may simply be his version of Aliera saying "don't touch my stuff". Still an interesting choice of words, since it implies non-immediate death. -- Konrad Gaertner email: gaertk at aol.com http://www.livejournal.com/users/kgbooklog/