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Digest whorl.v010.n073
↰ answers Alice Turner
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Allan Lloyd makes some pretty good points, most of which Alga responded to. However:
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The other thing that puzzles me is the dialogue on page 353 where Sinew claims that no-one gets bitten in Pajarocu. They agree that visitors do but natives of the town don't. Could it be the home brewed beer that is mentioned!<<
And Alga replied:
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Interesting! Wouldn't it be funny if that was the much-discussed "secret!" I had simply assumed that Pajarocu was a sort of DMZ, though--don't mess with us and we won't mess with you.
I read this as Pajarocu, because they were staging the trap with the lander, had a truce with the inhumi -- the inhumi wouldn't bite them because the humans allowed them to load up a lander full of meat/slaves for the home planet. If the inhumi started attacking people in Pajarocu, they might get scared off and/or warn other people.
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