(urth) Like a good Neighbor
David Stockhoff
dstockhoff at verizon.net
Mon Nov 21 09:49:16 PST 2011
On 11/21/2011 12:17 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> *From:* David Stockhoff <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net>
> *> *On 11/21/2011 11:40 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
>
> > > When he came to himself and sat up (after a period in which he was
> not
> > > really conscious at all – his spirit wasn’t present, as he puts it),
> > > he was “terribly thirsty”. [Also cold and full of pain, which he
> > > mentions first.]
> > > Some days went by, in which (as he tells us) he desperately tried to
> > > scrape droplets of dew from the walls.
> > > When the long-nosed man came and sent him on his astral jaunt, he
> told
> > > Nettle that he was “dying of thirst”. Not that he was “terribly
> thirsty”.
>
> > Are you asking when Horn died, or when he saw Nettle? That is related
> > after Krait comes, so it could be after Krait comes. It could be
> earlier
> > too.
> He saw Nettle directly after the “long-nosed man” touched something to
> his forehead.
Not an answer to the question.
> If he has already died and been resurrected as a Neighbour, who is the
> long-nosed man and what is he up to?
Clearly he is not resurrecting him.
>
> > And what's the difference between "dying" and "terribly"? I guess he
> > didn't tell Nettle he was cold, so he must have been nice and toasty
> > warm at that point. Right?
> He wasn’t dying of cold. He was dying of thirst.
There was a question there you decided not to answer.
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