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  "thread": {
    "id": 236,
    "subject": "Silk as Pas; Hyacinth's mysterious past",
    "messages": 1,
    "voices": 1,
    "first": "1997-03-24T09:32:27+00:00",
    "last": "1997-03-24T09:32:27+00:00"
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  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<whorl-v0004-0271@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "David_Lebling",
        "address": "david_lebling at avid.com"
      },
      "date": "1997-03-24T09:32:27+00:00",
      "subject": "(whorl) Silk as Pas; Hyacinth's mysterious past",
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          "text": "While I was trolling for Tickisms, I found two quotes that I think are\nvery interesting.  Just thought I'd fly them by everyone.\n\n(1)\n\n\"Silk found he was staring up at her; she smiled, and his spirit\nmelted.\" (IV, 346)\n\nThis one is part of Kypris's \"temptation\" of Silk.  We've discussed\npreviously whether he was incorporated into Mainframe.  It seems to me\nthat from what we know about the mechanics of possession, the answer has\nto be \"yes.\"  It's been established that looking at the monitor is what\ndoes it, and Silk is clearly looking at this point.  It is immediately\nafter that we see Pas with Silk's head.  I think Kypris got him.  The\ntheological implications are interesting (in the Whorl and as\nliterature).  This is in some sense an Assumption.  It is also merciful\nNew Testament Jesus joining and presumably mellowing the jealous God of\nthe Old Testament.  And so on.  I know the statutory warnings that Silk\nis more Moses than Jesus, but I find this interesting.\n\n(2)\n\n\"You told me about that place, and I ve seen it, and it s horrible!\"\n(IV, 369)\n\nThis is when Hyacinth is about to run away. When did Hyacinth see the\nlanders, or the Sleepers' Chamber, or the smashed embryos? I don't think\nthis is just a reference to her visit to Mainframe. Is this more\nevidence that she was even deeper into spying than we thought? As Tick\nmight say, \"Buzzy laddie!\"\n\n     -vizcacha\n     (david_lebling at avid.com)\n\nQuestions or problems to whorl-owner at lists.best.com"
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