# Auguries

*The Whorl list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 14 May 1997*

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### Derek Bell
*14 May 1997, 21:12*

In message <199705141554.IAA12239 at lists1.best.com>, Joel Priddy writes:

>  (2) What is the source of information for the auguries? The
> options that my soft little brain can come up with for the source
> of Silk's very accurate divination are: chance (lucky guess);
> divine (the Outsider); mechanical (Mainframe); mystical (the
> gods); or psychic (Silk himself).

	Speculation - has Horn or one of his interviewers not been
100% truthful about what was said at the auguries. I mean, are there
clues elsewhere that the auguries aren't reliable? I think there was
an augury that didn't go into the details of the entrails but
consisted of predictions - clearly this was an example of a different
interviewee's account, but the interviewee seemed to recount the
happenings rather than anything else. (Which could be due to ignorance
of the interpretation.)

	Personally, I'm going to have to decide *which* question to put
to Gene Wolfe - there's so many to ask!

	Tercel

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