-- Jon Lincicum <lincicum at comcast.net> wrote: > Personally, I don't trust Vlad any more than I trust Kragar. And that line about how Kragar knows what Eastern Kingdom Vlad is from because he "wouldn't go to work for you without knowing something about you..." I find it highly unlikely that Vlad wouldn't have probed into Kragar's past in the same way--translation: Vlad knows perfectly well what the deal is with Kragar, but just hasn't chosen to share that information with the silver box he talks to (i.e the reader). Not necessarily. I was thinking today about detective novel tropes. The hero(ine) has - the sidekick, - the friend on the force or elsewhere in power, - and various other people with special knowledge or abilities to call on. Kragar is the sidekick, for as long as Vlad is a boss in the Organization, as well as having resources. I don't know that Vlad HAD the resources to look into K's past, before K was working for him. That's the kind of work that he DELEGATES to K. m a m / c&s __________________________________ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/