Dionysus

Andrew Mason · 07 Dec 2010, 15:06 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: andrew.mason53 at googlemail.com (Andrew Mason)
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 15:06:11 +0000
Subject: (urth) Dionysus
Message-ID: <AANLkTikzeQEjCDaMviEFVjTN8asXzGUdJKz3q5aH08zC at mail.gmail.com>

>
James Wynn wrote:

 > Another very important example is Mani the cat in The Wizard Knight, an
> talking cat created by a witch by binding an immortal elemental spirit
> to a cat. Mani and Able have a conversation about what will happen when
> Mani dies:
>
> "Will I really be free when the cat dies? You said something about that
> [snip] That I'll be an elemental once more. '
> 'No, you won't.'
> 'The elemental will be free, no longer having any share in life. You're
> not the elemental or the cat. You're both, and the cat will die like
> other cats.'
> 'I'd like to think I'm just...the other thing. The thing that talks.'
> 'Then I'll cut off your ear and we'll see if it hurts.'
> 'You would, wouldn't you?' "
> [The Wizard HB 307]

I am strongly reminded of the stork in _Little, Big_.

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