# Or maybe something insectoid

*The Whorl list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 27 Aug 2000*

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### Alice Turner
*27 Aug 2000, 22:54*

It couldn't have been sex; we know that from Jahlee's troubles. But what
if Krait's mother were already gravid (or about to be, or whatever they
do) and the first bite imprinted the foetus (or whatever it is). Maybe
it's that first bite.

Now I know I'm up for the Borski prize.

-alga


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