(urth) Typhon's nature

[David Stockhoff]

On 10/10/2011 1:29 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
> On 10/10/2011 7:43 AM, David Stockhoff wrote:
>> On 10/10/2011 3:30 AM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>>> His thoughts being sent into far places could easily have been
>>> him spying through the remaining technological outposts similar to the
>>> speaking machines in the Matchin Tower and Valeria's reception hall.
>>> He may have had telepresences there to keep his ruling face au courant.
>>
>> Except that this would require "outposts" at the south pole and under
>> the sea.
>
> I don;t know about require; sensors can have ranges and their data may 
> be used to infer details beyond those. An ancient but still functional 
> satllite in orbit above the south pole and the sea could be accessible 
> to Typhon "Hmm, weather patterns continue to deteriorate... Great Me, 
> what is that THING on the infrared?"
>
> The talking machines could intercept intelligence from the Asciians' 
> transmissions and preserve it for their master's review. Jonas, for 
> example, is a machine that knows about the great beasts without being 
> currently at the south pole or under the sea. He probably lost his 
> antennas for far communication, though.
It's possible. It's just a lot to expect the reader to guess. And 
Typhon, by his own account, is not one to speak indirectly. For myself, 
I tend to want to interpret him as neither god nor demigod but as an 
example of pure hubris. He's like a tower built to reach Heaven. That 
requires him to have been constructed by humans. Genetics (assuming we 
allow a gene for telepathy, as we must if we allow telepathy, which we 
must because Mucor exists) explains Silk, Mucor, and Typhon.


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