Inhumi as mirror-images of vampires
The Whorl list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 18 Feb 2001
https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/whorl/1194
The nature of the inhumi may be one of Wolfe's trademark reversals. Dracula-type vampires are ex-humans, and by preying on living humans, make them vampires. Inhumi are aspiring humans, and by preying on living humans, try to become human themselves.
Having inhumi reflect vampires may be a little joke, since mirrors don't.
-- Dan Rabin
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