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I trust Oreb too. And we know Queztal can fly: (a) tree scene (b) very last paragraph of Exodus. As for dissolution, that seems to me to be an illusion not unlike that of stage magicians who "disappear." Silk is at the bottom of a flight of stairs, the light is dim, Queztal is in black with a hood he can fling up over his white face, the only spot of color other than the calotte. And the spinning calotte focuses Silk's attention--a la stage magic--while Q whizzes off---flies. Since Q actually demonstrates this act (minus calotte) to Horn in the tunnel later, it doesn't seem so mysterious. Alice Turner Questions or problems to whorl-owner at lists.best.com