A fishy incident from OBW

stilskin · 04 Sep 2000, 13:36 · from whorl-v0011.mbox · original

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From: stilskin at sff.net
Subject: (whorl) A fishy incident from OBW
Date: 4 Sep 2000 13:36:32
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When Marble sends Horn down to the boat for water in OBW, he's surprised to=
 find fish waiting upon a rock; then even more surprised when one escapes o=
nly to return, leaping out of the water onto the stone.  Horn hints that he=
 has some idea of what's going on, but not once does he mention what I thou=
ght at first was the obvious explanation; namely, that Mucor has taken over=
 the fish and compelled them to jump from water to stone.  But then I reali=
zed Mucor is journeying to the Whorl in search of Silk at the time, so she =
can't be responsible (unless her mind can be in two places at once [or 3, I=
 guess, since she remains conscious in her own body during her travels]).  =
So that seems to leave the Mother (who I'm beginning to think is at least p=
artly Scylla (an aside to Mr. Borski -- I'm also coming more around to a ki=
nd of compromise point of view with you; that is, Oreb seems to have been t=
he vehicle by which Scylla has traveled to Blue.  I wonder if this means th=
at anyone who ha!
!
s witness a theophany on the Whorl carries engrams of the god or goddess ma=
nifesting at the time, engrams which can be "awakened" later?).  Anyway, wh=
y would the Mother offer up these fish?  It just doesn't make sense to me. =
 I don't understand why Scylla would do it either.  Can anybody help clarif=
y this episode for me?

Falcon

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