A Point about Astral Travel (was re: The Secret: a

Kevin J. Maroney · 20 Apr 2001, 14:31 · from whorl-v0012.mbox · original

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From: "Kevin J. Maroney" <kmaroney at ungames.com>
Subject: Re: (whorl) A Point about Astral Travel (was re: The Secret: a
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 14:31:38
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At 10:40 AM 4/20/01 -0700, Blattid wrote:
>A somewhat better explanation:
>it's somehow due to the fact that the Narr is not attached as
>firmly to the body of Silk as most people are to their bodies.

That's what I've always assumed--that the Neighborly process of
transplanting Horn's spirit into Silk's body infused the resultant person
with some degree of the Neighbor's unhuman physical laws, including the
different relationship with distance.=20

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Wombat, a.k.a. Kevin Maroney kmaroney at ungames.com
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