(urth) Babbiehorn?: Was: a sincere question mostly for roy

[James Wynn]

>
>> *From:* David Stockhoff <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net>
>> > That's impossible because Oreb does not lie. Wolfe is faithful to
>> > character above all else.
>>
>> Gerry Quinn wrote:
>> Oreb can certainly deceive, as he did when he played dead when he was 
>> due to be sacrificed. If he can do that, he can surely lie if he wants.
>
> David Stockhoff wrote:
> He doesn't want. That's the point of having consistent 
> characters---Oreb only deceives to save his own life. I hope you see 
> the difference. If you think he lied to Silk then you must explain 
> what he was hiding that was such a threat to him that he feared death.

Oreb didn't deceive at that time. It is inconceivable that Silk, who has 
performed dozens if not hundreds of sacrifices by this time, would not 
know the difference between a dead bird and a fainted one or a faking 
one. Oreb was possessed (most likely) by Pas.

I think you are right though, David, that Gerry's elaborate theories 
designed with the primary purpose to keep out answers he didn't think of 
or derived from allusions he doesn't already know make it unfruitful for 
him to collaborate with those that view the stories differently.