Blue Thoughts

Endymion9 · 03 Dec 1999, 02:30 · from whorl-v0010.mbox · original

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From: Endymion9 at aol.com
Subject: (whorl) Blue Thoughts
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 21:30:19 EST
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Hi everyone,
I've been lurking/reading many of the conjectures on the inhumi and thought=
 I=20
would jump into the discussion now.

I agree with most that the inhumi intelligence begins to mimic human=20
intelligence because they are now drinking human blood.  I also agree that=20
Wolfe has a more obscure secret that would destroy the inhumi. =20

Simply warning humans that if they protect each other and stop the inhumi=20
from drinking their blood will solve the inhumi problem will not work.  How=20
many groups of people of 10 or more have you ever seen that all will agree =
on=20
one thing and abide by it?  People already know the inhumi are a danger and=20
don't bond together in unity.  How would telling them that the inhumi will=20
become less intelligent and more like animals cause them to protect=20
themselves better?

My thought on how Patera Q came to the Whorl is that Horn's and Auk's lande=
rs=20
might not have been the first to leave the whorl.  They merely were the fir=
st=20
we and=20
they knew about.  The whorl could have arrived at the Blue many years earli=
er=20
and Patera Q could have boarded the a lander and returned to the whorl.  I=20
doubt he was the only inhumi in the whorl.

Dennis/Endy

Happiness is reading a good scifi book while listening to XTC  :)

~~dancing us from the darkest night is the rhythm of love powered by the=20
beating of hearts~~  XTC

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