Digest whorl.v010.n070

Alice Turner · 20 Jan 2000, 09:32 · from whorl-v0010.mbox · original

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From: "Alice Turner" <pei047 at attglobal.net>
Subject: (whorl) Re: Digest whorl.v010.n070
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 09:32:29
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Wm. Ansley posited:
=20
> I think the secret is that ALL human beings must be protected from the bi=
te
> of the inhumi. No one on Blue wants the inhumi to feed on themselves or
> their loved ones and they will usually go to great lengths to prevent it.
> But, even though most of them probably don't want the inhumi to feed on a=
ny
> human being, they won't risk themselves or even make much of an effort to
> protect anyone else. But, if everyone knew that if the inhumi were
> prevented from getting any human blood at all, they would become
> unintelligent and (more importantly) unable to pose as human, then they
> might be motivated to actually act on this knowledge.
>=20
> I have to wonder how possible this complete protection would be, however.
> It doesn't seem entirely plausible to me, which makes me expect that there
> will turn out to be more than this to Krait's secret.

Nicely reasoned, Wm. (and thanks for reprising the Lebling list), but I don=
't buy it for a moment. (And I don't think you do either.) Look, you guys, =
you're all familiar with the author--what on earth makes you think that Wol=
fe is going to give you the secret before Book III (if then)? Would that be=
 in characacter? Of course not! Not that it isn't fun to speculate in advan=
ce, but (IMO) the speculations have been spectacularly un-Wolfean to date. =
Sweetness and Light is hardly his game.

-alga

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