in very rare cases, usually of personal offence, the head of the assassins' guild may stretch some of those rules, if only to make a statement. this was described by dr cruces as "inhumation with extreme impoliteness", and by lady t'malia in "pyramids" as "termination with extreme prejudice". this procedure requires not only that the victim be inhumed in an extremely thorough way, but that the victim's associates and employees be also intimately involved, along with the business premises, the building, and a large part of the surrounding neighbourhood, so that everyone involved knows that the man has been unwise enough to make the kind of enemies who can get very angry and indiscriminate.