Inire as a hierodule

Gerry Quinn · 17 Jul 2010, 08:12 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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From: gerryq at indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:12:14 +0100
Subject: (urth) Inire as a hierodule
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From: "James Wynn" <crushtv at gmail.com>
> On 7/16/2010 3:14 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:

>> Admittedly he seems to have no problem with calling himself "Father", but 
>> then again the word "father" here is clearly (?) being used 
>> metaphorically.
>
> Are you really so sure about the use of the word "clearly" that you only 
> require a single "?" ?


The '?' is to acknowledge that someone has proposed or will propose that 
Inire is the biological progenitor of nearly all the characters in the 
story, including himself.  Its singleness is intended to indicate that I do 
not personally find such lines of inquiry terribly useful.

- Gerry Quinn

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