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Josh Levitan · 22 Jan 2000, 21:21 · from whorl-v0010.mbox · original

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From: "Josh Levitan" <josh_levitan at hotmail.com>
Subject: (whorl) Re: Digest whorl.v010.n073
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 13:21:26 PST
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Allan Lloyd makes some pretty good points, most of which Alga responded to.=
 =20
However:

> >>The other thing that puzzles me is the dialogue on page 353 where Sinew
>claims that no-one gets bitten in Pajarocu. They agree that visitors do
>but natives of the town don't. Could it be the home brewed beer that is
>mentioned!<<

And Alga replied:

>Interesting! Wouldn't it be funny if that was the much-discussed "secret!"=20
>I had simply assumed that Pajarocu was a sort of DMZ, though--don't mess=20
>with us and we won't mess with you.

I read this as Pajarocu, because they were staging the trap with the lander=
,=20
had a truce with the inhumi -- the inhumi wouldn't bite them because the=20
humans allowed them to load up a lander full of meat/slaves for the home=20
planet.  If the inhumi started attacking people in Pajarocu, they might get=20
scared off and/or warn other people.

Narwhal
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