[Dragaera] [Dzur Spoiler] A terribly amusing Speculation

[John Dallman]

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> Uh... Just the fact that Vlad meets someone who calls himself Mario. 
> Someone we have no reason to disbelieve, and who would put himself in 
> potentially grave danger by claiming to be Mario when he's not. 
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> And the fact that his claim is backed up by Sethra/Kiera, of course.

Would Dragaerans have a different metaphor for "grave danger"? Actually, 
since not making it to Deathgate is seriously bad for them, the grave is 
an even worse image for them.

Vlad certainly believed Mario; it's a tribute to the extent that he's 
internalised Jehreg banter that he doesn't even think about the fact 
that Mario obviously doesn't want to kill him, because he isn't dead. 
But that would be a Pratchettism, and Steve seems to avoid those. 

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