# homeopathic doses of Typhon (2)

*The Whorl list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 01 Apr 2001*

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### Michael Straight
*01 Apr 2001, 16:49*

>> On 30 Mar 2001, Dan Parmenter wrote:
>> To put it another way, Silk is now Autarch of the Whorl because he
>> has consumed Typhon and knows all the passwords.

> Right.  And consider, if the "Horn lives" hypothesis is correct,
> you've got SilkHornPas running around on the old Whorl: the body and
> mind of a superhero with the "love vibe", the mind of a tyrant and the
> mind of an expert propagandist.  A terrifying thought.  

I should also point out, in the part you quote above, I was referring to
the downloaded mainframe version of Silk, aka Passilk.  I didn't mean to
say that the human Silk had consumed Typhon and had the run of the Whorl
(although that would make a neater parallel with Severian).

-Rostrum


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