Pas's Two Heads

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 08 Nov 2002, 18:14 · from urth-v0211.mbox · original

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From: "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <ddanehy at siebel.com>
Subject: RE: (urth) Pas's Two Heads
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 10:14:59 -0800
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There is nothing in the books which seems to me to suggest=20
that the appearance of the Gods of Mainframe is necessarily
based upon the appearance of the bodies in which they resode=20
when they were scanned -- it seems to be more a matter of=20
either self-image or a chosen image. (Does Tartaros manifest=20
visibly?)=20

The "scan" seems to be a sort of brain-snapshot, or perhaps=20
soul-snapshot. So even if it was taken when Typhon was=20
grafted onto Piaton, it would only be a scan of the one=20
brain.

It is not at all clear to me why Pas has two heads, but it=20
seems clear that this is a choice Typhon made, either
consciously or un-. It might have some reference to the
Piaton body; it seems likely to me that he would want to=20
scan himself at the last possible moment before the launch=20
of the _Whorl_, to preserve as much of his self as possible.

--Blattid

--=20

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