Silk Circles Edition 2

Patri10629 · 04 Dec 1998, 01:53 · from whorl-v0009.mbox · original

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Subject: Re: (whorl) Silk Circles Edition 2
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 20:53:32 EST
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Curious further adventures in cheek rubbing....

=46rom EXODUS FROM THE LONG SUN, CHAPTER 1 (HARDCOVER), PG 21:

(Mint and Remora discover Councillor Potto's body at Bloods.)

"Gently at first, then with increased vigor, Maytera Mint rubbed the
councillor's cheek. 'This is a chem!'"

Love that: "increased vigor."

But why? Why does the cheek reveal the artificial body? Why not the arm, the
hand, the ear, or whatever? And why o why does rubbing it do the trick? Is
Silk, when he habitually repeats this gesture, questioning his own nature?

Patrick O'Leary

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