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From: Redhaven1 at aol.com
Hey, what ever happened to Sand, Hammerstone, and the rest of the >soldiers when the 'Cargo' left the whorl? Was this just meant to be left >hanging, or had they served their purpose and their time was finished? But that doesn't quite fit, because Moly left the whorl with the humans. Would they still need chems after they had settled on Blue? I'm also unclear on why the chems have such human personalities if they're just machines.
-Steve
three months ago, Josh Smith suggested that ... OK, by the numbers
1) Typhon made contact with Inhumi, while his interstellar empire was at it's glory
2) agreed to send "tribute" of human cargo
3) WHOOPS! did he forget to tell the Inhumi of the LEGIONS of mechanical invasion warriors he'd be sending? Must have slipped his mind :) !
so basically, the whole whorl was a Trojan horse ... a scheme of Typhon's to take over the Inhumi with an invasion force that could dominate, one that the Inhumi wouldn't have power over ... and that's why the chems have human personalities .... because once the humans were devoured, they'd have to be in charge of the campaign
OK, that's it for now .. Hat
*This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.