Quetzal in orbit

cilluff1 at optonline.net · 19 Nov 2002, 15:56 · from urth-v0211.mbox · original

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From: "cilluff1 at optonline.net" <cilluff1 at optonline.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Quetzal in orbit
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:56:51 -0500
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Charles Reed provided, among many other quotes and interesting
observations, the following:

<<<Quetzal speaking
"'=3D2E=3D2E=3D2EBefore Kypris manifested here on Scylsday, the Windows of =
our c=3D
ity=3D20
had been empty for decades=3D2E  I can't take credit for that, it wasn't my=
=3D20=3D

doing=3D2E  But I've done everything in my power to prevent theophanies=3D2=
E  =3D
It=3D20
hasn't been much, but I've done what I could=3D2E  I proscribed human=3D20
sacrifice, and got it made law, for one thing=3D2E  I admit I'm proud of th=
a=3D
t=3D2E'"
=3D2E=3D2E=3D2E>>>

This is something that has puzzled me, although I have only just started
reading Green so perhaps it becomes clear=3D2E  But, why did Quetzal try to
prevent any more theophanies?  I have no real answer, or even theory, but
only some musings that touch upon the subject=3D2E  Pas chose Blue and Gree=
n=3D
 as
the destinations for the Whorl -- clearly the Whorl didn't arrive there at=
=3D

random, and Pas (or Typhon, I should say) must have been familiar enough
with them to know they would be habitable to humans=3D2E  Presumably, then,=
 =3D
he
knew about the inhumi as well, yet he still chose Blue and Green as
destinations=3D2E  Why?  Was he "in cahoots" with the inhumi (and is that h=
o=3D
w
Quetzal got on board the Whorl?)?  After all, Quetzal speaks fondly of Pas=
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(the type of person who loves a bird so much he sets them free) but not so=
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nicely about the other "gods" (they are the type who cage those they love)=
=3D
=3D2E
The other "gods" of the Whorl stymied Pas' Plan to bring humanity to Blue
and Green for years, perhaps because they knew of the inhumi -- is this wh=
=3D
y
they killed Pas, to prevent the delivery of humanity into the hands of the=
=3D

inhumi, and is it also why Quetzal made such efforts to prevent
theophanies? =3D20

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