Inire as a hierodule

António Pedro Marques · 07 Jul 2010, 18:06 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:06:51 +0100
Subject: (urth) Inire as a hierodule
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John Watkins wrote (07-07-2010 19:00):
> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com
> <mailto:danldo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     2010/7/7 Ant?nio Pedro Marques <entonio at gmail.com
>     <mailto:entonio at gmail.com>>:
>      > > - his extended life span?
>
>     I believe the text mentions that his lifespan is unusual for his "kind."
>
> Right--I think there's a deliberate mystery as to by what means Inire,
> the hierodule, extends his lifespan (someone has proposed that Inire's
> lifespan is actually normal, but that he makes extensive use of time
> travel to only catch the "good parts" of history).

Yeah, that's the first thought, but then there's little way you can spread 
some 20 years over a millennium and still be all that pervasive. I mean, he 
must spend time with people!

> But we're supposed
> to understand that he's a hierodule.

Why not some other kind of being?

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