(urth) Inhumi in the whorl

[Roy C. Lackey]

Andrew Mason wrote:
> To clarify: I'm sure the plain, literal meaning of the remark is that
> some humans on Blue call the place the Neighbours have gone the
> Neighbour Whorl, because the Neighbours have gone there. But there
> _might_ be a secondary, hidden meaning, which might refer to Lune,
> fairyland, or something else we haven't spotted yet. Then again, there
> might not.

Of the Neighbors Silkhorn said:
"As for me, I have walked with them, and sat with them around their fire.
Thus I know that they exist. They have gone elsewhere -- found a new home
circling another short sun. But they have our permission to revisit this one
whenever they choose." (IGJ, 72)

-Roy