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  "thread": {
    "id": 848,
    "subject": "Digest whorl.v010.n125",
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    "first": "2000-06-21T11:25:29+00:00",
    "last": "2000-06-21T11:25:29+00:00"
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      "message_id": "<whorl-v0010-0370@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Mark C. Andersen",
        "address": "manderse at nmsu.edu"
      },
      "date": "2000-06-21T11:25:29+00:00",
      "subject": "(whorl) RE: Digest whorl.v010.n125",
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          "text": "I've always felt that it was Quetzal that was behind Silk's move into\nthe position of calde. The arguments for Crane are rather compelling,\nthough. Wouldn't it be intriguing if the Outsider were manipulating both\nfor His own ends?\n\nregards,\nButeo\n\nDr. Mark C. Andersen, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences\nNew Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003-0003\nvoice:(505) 646-8034\t\t\tFAX:  (505) 646-1281\nmanderse at nmsu.edu"
        },
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          "text": "From: Michael Straight <straight at email.unc.edu>\nOn Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Alice Turner wrote:"
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          "text": "Yes, the initial meeting is accidental. But you have to assume that\nTrivigaunte was looking for a candidate to set up as a puppet in a coup\nd'etat in Viron, and just about as soon as Crane clapped eyes on Silk he\nthought he'd found just the guy to back: personable, easy to manipulate\n(so he thinks), well-liked and with a lot of hard-to-put-your-finger-on\ncharisma. Crane doesn't know that Silk is \"special\" or about the"
        },
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          "text": "On the other hand, Q. knows about the special embryos and seems to have\nhad his eye on Silk for a while.  It's possible he initiated some of the\n\"Silk for Calde\" stuff and that he plays as big a role behind-the-scenes\nas Crane.  But I'll have to wait for my re-read of the series in\npreparation for reading OBW to argue the point any further.\n\n-Rostrum"
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          "text": "*This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun."
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