Like a good Neighbor

James Wynn · 21 Nov 2011, 00:19 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:19:20 -0600
Subject: (urth) Like a good Neighbor
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>> James Wynn wrote:
>> Arguing about whether Horn died when he fell in to the pit? Come on. 
>> Seawrack is the witness. She doesn't even feel the need to justify 
>> her assessment even after Horn return alive. She's been a carrion 
>> eater. She knows dead things.
>
> Antonio:
> All drowned ones. No, if you want to take as evidence any character's 
> impression on this, I don't think Seawrack cuts it. But maybe Babbie 
> does on account of his psychicness - the same that makes it odd that a 
> Neighbour should be out of touch with other Neighbours. . And there's 
> the issue of whether he could have physically survived the fall.

Well, Babbie agreed with Seawrack. If you want to argue that it is 
impossible for a Neighbor to be out of touch with other Neighbors, fine. 
I don't see it, but have at it. Horns death and resurrection is a 
mystery in the novel. But whether it happened is not.

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