# Silk Circles *The Whorl list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 28 Oct 1998* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Patri10629 *28 Oct 1998, 11:28* I have also wondered why Silk habitually circularly caresses his cheek. A peculiar gesture which I don't believe is ever explained. A rather off-the- wall suggestion...The sacrament of Confirmation involves (or involved when I was confirmed) a ceremonial slap on the cheek by the Bishop. I forget the significance--I forget much--but, isn't the sacrament an initiation into "full mature membership" into the Christian Community? Perhaps Silk is still reeling from the Outsider's blow. A bit off the wall, I know:) Patrick O'Leary Patrick O'Leary's Home Page *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun. ---