Mucor and Oreb in the manse

James Wynn · 29 Nov 2011, 21:34 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:34:30 -0600
Subject: (urth) Mucor and Oreb in the manse
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On 11/29/2011 8:24 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> *From:* James Wynn <mailto:crushtv at gmail.com>
>
> > [to Roy] You are right that Mucor *could* have possessed Oreb, but then
> >
> > The tricky part has always been two-fold:
>
> > 1) Silk's rationalization about how Oreb could have flown out the 
> window
> > is a classic Wolfean signal that that is NOT what happened.
>
> > 2) This leaves open the big questions:
> >      a) What was Oreb doing there in the first place?
> >      b) Why did he lie?
>
> > The second question is a biggie. Silk made it clear that he wouldn't
> > punish Oreb for being up there. An explanation that leaves that 
> dangling
> > is barely an explanation for me.
> But if Mucor possessed Oreb, then you do have an error in Silk's 
> rationalisation as required -- and you also have an explanation for 
> why Oreb lied (or forgot).

No you don't. Silk saw Oreb fly out the window and immediately saw Mucor 
standing over him. Oreb might not remember entering the room, but he 
would remember leaving it. And there is simply no reason for Mucor to 
possess a wounded bird to keep "tabs on Silk". She can astral travel.

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