# Digest whorl.v006.n026

*The Whorl list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 03 Jul 1997*

<https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/whorl/391>

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### Kieran Mullen
*03 Jul 1997, 12:34*

Re: Patera Pike's paternity

> However, this adds more bewilderment . . . how could Pike =not= have
> known?  He =must= have known that he had experienced carnal relations
> with a woman, unless we imagine inhumi succubi/incubi acting as
> pollinators--and this succubus/incubus notion is shot down by the
> fact that Rose =knows= who the father is (unless we go further and
> allow the s/i to physically mimic their victim's love-object).

    There may also be a tech solution.  All one really needs is some
DNA.  Perhaps she had access to some Short Sun technology that allowed
here to conceive a child from his skin scrapings/hair/whatever.

    Before you dismiss this note that the Whorl is rife with relatively
high level technology that the Cargo don't understand but still use.

                         Kieran Mullen

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