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Endymion9 · 10 Dec 1999, 21:21 · from whorl-v0010.mbox · original

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From: Endymion9 at aol.com
Subject: re: (whorl) stuff
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 16:21:05 EST
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"Joshua A. Solomon" <j.solomon at ucl.ac.uk>
wrote:
<<Finally, what made Horn act like a bastard on p. 286, or was>>
<<he just pretending? (In that case, why was he pretending?)>>

Are you referring to his lopping the heads off of the men who collected tax=20
and kept part of it for themselves?  As a ruler, what would you have done? =20
Slapped their wrists?  That would have encouraged others to do the same and=20
the city would have lost all or most of their operating funds.  Sometimes=20
being a leader means making the hard choices.

Do you think we and Horn have seen the last of Seawrack or do you expect he=
r=20
to make an appearance in the next two books?  She was a very interesting=20
character that I confess I don't totally understand.  I hope her mystery wi=
ll=20
be revealed later.  Horn warned she could be a grave danger that "the mothe=
r"=20
has sent among the landbound people.

Also, do you think that Mucor possessed Babbie most of the journey?  Or was=20
she there in disembodied spirit.  I thought the main reason she sent Babbie=20
was to have a psychic connection to Horn and keep track of him.

Interesting thought, shriving the inhumi.  Would inhumi understand shriving=20
or merely mimic men doing it?  I still don't understand why Krait couldn't=20
mimic the use of the gun and thus fire it. =20

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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