On Wed, 1 Feb 2006 Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote: > Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> > > > >Is it not sufficient to posit that Verra couldn't make the exchange > >in public for political reasons, and that the Halls are generally > >semi-public? Hence the value slipping S the vial off-stage beforehand. > > There's also Kiera's comment in /Orca/ where she explains to Vlad that > Verra didn't really know why he needed the vial in the first place. Not I think relevant - V could have whapped Her forehead and said, D'oh, that's why I had that intuition, now I have to cut Myself again.