Who is Auk's mother?

Brownes3 · 12 Jul 1998, 14:36 · from whorl-v0008.mbox · original

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From: Brownes3 at aol.com
Subject: (whorl) Who is Auk's mother?
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 10:36:38 EDT
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As I re-read BotLS, I tried to pick out references to Auk's parentage. Arou=
nd
page 35 or so of Nightside, the sibs are talking about Auk and mention his
parentage is a secret, much like Blood's. I originally thought Blood might =
be
Auk's father, but there were no further clues along that line, and the secr=
et
of Auk's birth never comes again.

While he's with Tartaros, he recalls his mother and remembers her name is
"Lilly" -- Truth.  but that's about all I could find regarding clues.=20

My theory is he's a an embryo like Chenille and Silk. He seems to have their
"staying power" when injured and he's picked out for the "engineering"
theophany that lets him repair equipment.

Also he's a born leader, able to get others to follow him to Blue.

Any other thoughts?

Rich Browne

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