(urth) Is Agia a Robot?

[brunians at brunians.org]

That's what I think, Irish.

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>
> From: "Ryan Dunn" <ryan at liftingfaces.com>
>> Agilus is the obvious suspect here. The one who obsesses over Jovinian
>> steel. The one whose image she has assumed. > The problem is just the
>> misdirect with Hethor coming to their rag shop, which we are to assume
>> Agia and Agilus inherited from their mother. Either that or simply take
>> that story as a lie, and Hethor's as a truth.
>
> If Agia really was Hethor's paracoita rather than a human woman - I'm less
> than convinced of this, but there have been some interesting arguments
> made
> to that effect - might not Agilus have been another such?  It might be
> that
> male and female paracoitae look similar, perhaps even having
> interchangeable
> parts.  Male ones being slightly built would save weight and space after
> all, which would be convenient for someone who spends a lot of time in a
> box, or at least convenient for his or her owner.  It would make them
> twins
> in a real sense. Perhaps they ran off together when their spacecraft
> landed.
>
> Nobody has to change their face.  In fact the possibility is added that
> Agia
> is a different paracoita other than the one lost by Hethor, but Hethor
> recognised her as being one, since they all have similar looks.
>
> (If this is the case, I suspect the original owner of the rag shop met an
> unfortunate end.)
>
> - Gerry Quinn
>
>
>
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