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  "thread": {
    "id": 4218,
    "subject": "shell game: the black hole",
    "messages": 2,
    "voices": 2,
    "first": "2003-09-11T03:40:33+00:00",
    "last": "2003-09-11T04:09:23+00:00"
  },
  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0309-4099@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Don Doggett",
        "address": "harlekin at earthlink.net"
      },
      "date": "2003-09-11T03:40:33+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) shell game: the black hole",
      "in_reply_to": null,
      "reply_link": null,
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          "text": "Hi everyone\n\nOne of the benefits of my soul killing job (it's not quite that bad) is \nthat I have time to think of things like this.  If Urth's sun has a \nblack hole in the center of it draining energy (but not sucking in the \nwhole solar system?)  all of that energy must be going somewhere.  \nPerhaps to Yesod to form the energy necessary for a white fountain?  \nWhat a ripoff, I mean thanks for nothing Hiero's.  What do you think, \nIs the new sun just the old sun given back?\n\nDon"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0309-4100@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Chris",
        "address": "rasputin_ at hotmail.com"
      },
      "date": "2003-09-11T04:09:23+00:00",
      "subject": "Re: (urth) shell game: the black hole",
      "in_reply_to": "<urth-v0309-4099@digest.urth.net>",
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          "text": "This question actually makes a bit of difference as far as the overall \ninterpretation goes, and it occurred to me as well. This could imply that \nSeverian's white fountain would act as a black hole for the Hieros, bringing \nabout a decline of their sun. Which of course could be replenished later on \nby a white fountain for them, which would in turn dump another black hole in \nUshas, etc."
        },
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "Hi everyone\n\nOne of the benefits of my soul killing job (it's not quite that bad) is \nthat I have time to think of things like this.  If Urth's sun has a black \nhole in the center of it draining energy (but not sucking in the whole \nsolar system?)  all of that energy must be going somewhere.  Perhaps to \nYesod to form the energy necessary for a white fountain?  What a ripoff, I \nmean thanks for nothing Hiero's.  What do you think, Is the new sun just \nthe old sun given back?\n\nDon\n\n\n--"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
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