Gilling's killer

David Lebling · 04 Jan 2005, 06:08 · from 2005-January.txt.gz

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From: dlebling at hyraxes.com (David Lebling)
Date: Tue Jan  4 06:08:16 2005
Subject: (urth) Gilling's killer
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> >I wondered about that, since I don't remember another mention of the
> >mothers of the Mice having difficult births.
>
> He underlines it multiple times. See Idnn's breakdown to Able in _The
> Knight_ and the witch's illusion show to Toug in _The Wizard._

Isn't there also a segment in _The Knight_ where Gerda (not sure if it was
her) describes having borne multiple children to the giant on whose farm she
was a slave? She comments that after the first birth they could have normal
sex together, implying a vaginal birth rather than a c-section. I don't
believe her owner was one of the Mice, but an actual giant.

This story seems to contradict the others.

-- Dave, aka Vizcacha

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