a lurker asks a question

Adam Thornton · 01 Oct 2008, 21:42 · from 2008-October.txt.gz

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From: adam at io.com (Adam Thornton)
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 16:42:12 -0500
Subject: (urth) a lurker asks a question
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On Oct 1, 2008, at 3:47 PM, Steve McCann wrote:

> It seems that the only way graven could be important here is if the  
> Alzabo was a beast engineered to afford the transference of past  
> lives.

....

Huh.

And here I'd always assumed that eating someone's BRAAAAAAAIN and  
taking over their memory and personality would simply be a competitive  
advantage in eating their families, as we see in _Sword_.

BRAAAAAINS.  Wolfe's got 'em.

Adam
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