The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned by Rudesind

Jeff Wilson · 06 Jul 2010, 19:20 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:20:46 -0500
Subject: (urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut
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On 7/6/2010 6:47 AM, David Stockhoff wrote:
> That's an assumption many have made. Thecla's story indicates Inire's
> well-known fondness for and interest in young girls, and the way she
> says it suggests the kind of matter-of-fact acceptance of perversions
> one might find at a court. But without any evidence for sexual contact,
> Inire strikes me as a Lewis Carroll figure at most. The truth is we
> don't know why he is interested in them.
>
> Little girls are not common enough is TBotNS to be much of a help.

IIRC in "The Cat", on their second meeting he tests their memory of 
their first meeting.  This would suggest a purpose of selection like the 
Torturers' and Librarians' testing of children.

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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