more RTTW questions

BraveSaintCroix · 18 Feb 2001, 01:03 · from whorl-v0012.mbox · original

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From: BraveSaintCroix at aol.com
Subject: (whorl) more RTTW questions
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 20:03:37 EST
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Finished RTTW today and after that spent the evening catching up on posts o=
n=20
this list.  Most of the quiestions I had were answered, or at least touched=20
on, but I have a few that I thought didn't get enough attention.

1. Who was the man in a colorless robe on the top of the platue on Green wi=
th=20
Jahlee?  It was when Horn went back to search for her in the tower and ende=
d=20
up climbing the cliff and getting attacked by inhumi.  And what happened up=20
there?  When I first read "colorless robe" I thought of the fuligin cloak o=
f=20
the turturers. =20

2.  What do you think of Horn being an inhumu?  I think the evidence Wolfe=20
gives is too much to ignore.  The fact that he hardly ever eats bothered me=20
all through the book, especially when Hoof said he often pretended to eat a=
nd=20
that the inhumu in the boat with them ate some potato soup.  Also, Horn say=
s=20
something about a possible way he got to Green without an inhumu present th=
at=20
he didn't want to think about.  There is definitely something there we're n=
ot=20
seeing.

That's all for now.  More to say, but I've been online too long.

-Steve

PS:  Say what you may, my vote is that RTTW was AWESOME.=20

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