those darned ambiguities

Nicholas Gevers · 20 Jan 2000, 21:30 · from whorl-v0010.mbox · original

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From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Nicholas=20Gevers?= <vermoulian at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: (whorl) Re: those darned ambiguities
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 21:30:58
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--- shannon wilde <swilde_99 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Mssr. Newt, my memory fails also as to whether
> Hyacinth was an engineered embryo, though Silk and
> Chenille sure were. Anyone? How about a few
> characters
> not much speculated on, or even, eek, _all_ the, uh
> human Whorl denizens? (just spitballin here...)

The only character in LONG SUN other than Silk who is
clearly a grown special embryo is Mucor (thus her
adoption by Blood, and her special powers). Chenille
was the natural daughter of Calde Tussah.
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