Mucor's fishWhorl

When I read the part where Mucor said the fish would be waiting on a rock, I just assumed that she possessed the fish, and drove them to leap out of the water. I was confused that Horn, who clearly knows all about Mucor's ability, didn;t assume this as well. So what am I missing? Is it stated somewhere in Long Sun that Mucor can't possess little-brained animals, or something? BTW, as soon as I got my copy of OBW, I took the paper jacket off and tossed it. I recommend this to everyone because (a) the cover is tacky to the point of acute embarassment, and (b) the hardcover under the dustwrap is actually a lovely rich blue. This greatly improved the object-quality of the book. cephalothorax *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.

I have to admit that when I read the fish story, I thought: telekinesis. Then when Horn thought someone else was responsible, I remembered: Oh, yeah. Mucor doesn't telekines (say tel-u-kin-ees... it's a joke). I agree that Mucor possessing the fish seems to satisfy Occam's razor better than invoking a mysterious third party but I just don't remember the extent of Mucor's powers. As far as I can remember, the only beings she possessed in The Book of the Long Sun were human. Aside from possession, the only other power she has that I recall is the "astral projection" ability that she uses to talk to Silk, at Horn's request, in On Blue's Waters. Of course, we only have her word for it that she actually "talked" to Silk and for what he "said" to her. William Ansley *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.