Crocagators

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 30 Apr 2001, 08:46 · from whorl-v0012.mbox · original

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From: "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <ddanehy at siebel.com>
Subject: RE: (whorl) Re: Re: Crocagators
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 08:46:33
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Jason wrote:

> Quetzal might have been the offspring of the hypothesized
> inhumi who were taken with the Neighbors. =20

They're not "hypothesized," dammit. The Neighbors _say_ so,
in RETURN. (Don't ask me for a page cite, though; my copies=20
of SHORT are out on loan and won't be back for a while.)

> He might have been born on Green, however. =20

The word seems to be "must." It appears that the inhumi can
only breed on Green.

> If several generations of inhumi had passed since the Neighbors
> left,=20

There are implications that it has been only a short time --=20
I believe I first got that impression on the island with the
not-very-ruined Neighbor-place in BLUE.

--Blattid

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