[Dragaera] Temek and Mario (Dzur spoiler)

[Jon Lincicum]

Patrick Spinler wrote:
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> Jon Lincicum wrote:
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>> Recent discussion led me to re-read the beginning of /Yendi/, where I
>> discovered this little nugget which made a lot more sense to me after
>> what we learned in /Dzur/. It regards an enforcer in Vlad's employ named
>> Temek:
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>> [Yendi Cite chapter 2]:
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>> My thinking here is that the Imperial Investigators had it right, and
>> Vlad had it dead wrong. Given that Kragar arranged the job, and given
>> who Kragar represents, and how that individual feels about justice, I
>> doubt Temek actually had anything to do with this particular incident...
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> Possible, but would that individual work for that relatively small
> amount of cash?  This wouldn't be like the favor he did Vlad on Aleria's
> behalf later ...
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I see three possible reasons, that could also work in combination with 
one another:

1) He agreed with Vlad's assessment that the individual should not 
pollute the world any longer, so was willing to take it on as a charity 
case.
2) Kragar agreed with Vlad's assessment and was willing to either talk 
Mario into taking it as a charity case, or else supplementing the amount 
of money paid from his personal funds.
3) Kragar simply lied to Vlad about the amount of money involved, in 
order to make it fit with his other lies.


Majikjon