Crocagators

Jason Ingram · 27 Apr 2001, 22:34 · from whorl-v0012.mbox · original

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From: Jason Ingram <jingram at usc.edu>
Subject: Re: (whorl) Re: Re: Crocagators
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 22:34:17
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Kevin Maroney wrote:

>Though it is worth noting that though Quetzal does not kill Teazel (I think
>that's her name), he has fed off her more than once and she is near death
>when Silk treats her. Quetzal was also very smart for an inhumu.
>

Quetzal may have been the descendant of inhumi who drank from=20
Neighbors, thus possessing other-than-human intelligence (at least,=20
as Dan'l Danehy-Oakes argues, prior to consuming human blood).  That=20
still leaves the question of how Quetzal got to the Loganstone.

Quetzal might have been the offspring of the hypothesized inhumi who=20
were taken with the Neighbors.  He might have been born on Green,=20
however.  If several generations of inhumi had passed since the=20
Neighbors left, this implies that the trait of augmented intelligence=20
lasts--which has implications for the nature of the weapon too heavy=20
to bear.  Of course, inhumi might simply live a very long time.

There are other possibilities, of course.  But it seems likely that=20
Inhumi can travel through space (beyond the mesosphere, or the=20
'Green' equivalent), _or_ had access to craft that could allow space=20
travel, _or_ had friends who dropped one or two off, _or_ I've=20
forgotten something from the Long Sun series.

Jason

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