Silk's origin

James Wynn · 12 Oct 2011, 19:51 · from 2011-October.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:51:37 -0500
Subject: (urth) Silk's origin
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>> 1. The relationship between Silk, Tussh, and Typhon.
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>> 2. How does an inhumi become a vine?
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> On 10/11/2011 8:55 PM, Marc Aramini wrote:
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> No, no, no.  The liana vines are primitive inhumi, the natural state of inhumi without blood.  They parasitized the ability to recombine their genome from the much more mystical trees of Green, which can actually more fully integrate the genetic material they eat like in "Talk of Mandrakes."
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> In the absence of humans to feed upon, the only inhumi left would be the vegetable lianas.

If the vines are non-sentient, then how does the Rajan converse with it?
J.

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