(urth) AEG: Margaret

[Roy C. Lackey]

Speaking of Cassie as Margaret . . .

After Gideon aided Cassie to bring out her "star" power, it is implied that
she was then elevated, transformed "up", to a state higher than normal for
humans. The text even suggests that her heightened state was somewhat
angelic, though not, I believe, angelic in the usual religious sense. Cassie
was certainly no angel.

So if Margaret is really an over-the-hill Cassie who wants to give her
younger self a second chance at a happier life, who went to Woldercan
seeking something she apparently didn't find, what did she accomplish there?
If, as Dave Tallman has suggested, Margaret is now a shape-changer, whether
or not an actual werewolf, when and where did she acquire that ability, and
was it her choice?

I mean, only humans can transform themselves; Wolders can't do it, and Gid
said he (personally) couldn't do it. (99-100) So it doesn't seem likely that
Cassie learned how to transform on Woldercan.

-Roy