Orchid

Andrew Mason · 12 Dec 2010, 17:59 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: andrew.mason53 at googlemail.com (Andrew Mason)
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:59:22 +0000
Subject: (urth) Orchid
Message-ID: <AANLkTikf9nm++CDAuKZrYncFKa3gGf_nHLfYk75269WV at mail.gmail.com>

>
> But my actual question is this. Kypris tells Orchid that now the
> person she loved (Orpine) is dead, she must find someone else to love.
> Does anything ever come of this? I can't recall it doing so, but it
> sounds as if it's meant to prefigure something.
>

No takers on this one? Actually, I misstated it slightly; Kypris
doesn't 'someone', she says 'something', which may make a difference.
I'll look out for any possible payoff as I go through the series.

Meanwhile, though, another Orchid-related question. Silk says 'All the
gods know that I pitied her [at Orpine's funeral]' and Kypris/Chenille
replies 'All the gods don't know. One does. Two.' The one is clearly
Kypris herself, but who is the other?

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