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  "thread": {
    "id": 88,
    "subject": "Whorl saviors",
    "messages": 1,
    "voices": 1,
    "first": "1997-02-11T15:08:41+00:00",
    "last": "1997-02-11T15:08:41+00:00"
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  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<whorl-v0002-0133@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Alice Turner",
        "address": "al at interport.net"
      },
      "date": "1997-02-11T15:08:41+00:00",
      "subject": "(whorl) Whorl saviors",
      "in_reply_to": null,
      "reply_link": null,
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          "text": "Another question (so this won't all be philosophy and ethics): Who saves\nthe rest of the _Whorl_?  Horn's appendix makes it clear that people\nfrom cities other than Viron made it to Blue. Who got them there? Did\nthe Outsider enlighten someone in each city? Auk's lander is the first\nto leave the _Whorl_. What's happening elsewhere? Why did Tartaros pick\nAuk of Viron, of all the Cargo? (That at least has a plausible\nexplanation.)"
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          "text": "Here are my answers to Dave's questions, last first. Tartaros picked Auk, I\nthink, simply because he could, given his limitations. After he created the\nPas puppet to speak for him, he could have it appear on screens and\nmanteions throughout the Whorl, and that's just what I think he did, which\nanswers the earlier questions. I find it sort of unlikely that the Outsider\nis involved since the Outsider's message, in neither case, seemed to\ninvolve actually leaving (at least Silk didn't see it that way, though in\nthe interesting discussion above, it's been established that Silk is\nsometimes wrong).  Tartaros has the Fliers working for him to spread the\nword too. Tartaros is an intriguing guy/god and it remains to be seen if\nhe's good (working for mankind) or evil (working for the inhumi to set up a\ngreat big picnic). The real Pas, I'm convinced, was a nogoodnik, and it's\ndebatable whether the Whorl is a legitimate colony ship.\n\n-algae- (I concede the \"alga\" question, but it looks too odd; algae seems\nhumorous)\n\n\nQuestions or problems to whorl-owner at lists.best.com"
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