Return to the Whorl

Jerry Friedman · 11 Oct 2011, 22:57 · from 2011-October.txt.gz

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From: jerry_friedman at yahoo.com (Jerry Friedman)
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:57:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) Return to the Whorl
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>From: James Wynn crushtv at gmail.com
>On 10/11/2011 8:50 AM, Tim O'Donnell wrote:
>> As far as I am aware the secret of the Inhumi is essentially the Golden Rule.
>> If we were nicer to each other they could not be feed on us.? As they absorb their
>> traits from their hosts they absorb their deceptiveness and cruelty from humans.
>> If we were nicer to us sure they would still be a danger, but the same level of danger
>> as a snake or some other deadly animal.

For?me, this resonates with the trilogy's theme of parent-child relations.? Children absorb?traits to some extent from their parents and other adults, so if we were nicer to children--indeed to people in general--they'd be nicer to us.
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>They feed on us because we feed on each other. The animal inhumi would feed on us but their offspring would not.

Which would put those offspring in a world of hurt, incidentally.? Though /their/ offspring, if any,?might go back to feeding on us.? The parallel to children may break down here.
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Jerry Friedman

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