(urth) Silk's origin

[Marc Aramini]

--- On Wed, 10/12/11, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> > And Silk never goes bald.
> 
> So?
> 
> > And doesn't look like chenille, who looks just like
> her father Tussah.
> 
> Yep, this is a problem. But for the reasons I gave, I can't
> really come up with another adequate solution to the "son
> not of my body" bit.
> 
> > I just don't see HOW we can support the idea that
> Tussah could be a clone, when there is a TON of evidence
> that the grown embryos were a well known scandal,and Silk
> the most expensive one of them all, a very very special
> embryo that ruined the reputation of a respected Calde.
> 
> Where are you getting that having an embyo was a scandal
> rather than an expensive novelty? I don't think there is any
> evidence that Tussah was murdered be cause of Silk.
> 

I'll respond to the rest later this week, I just wanted to say, baldness/hair pattern is one of those great genetic markers that cloning would, you know, match up if Silk/Tussah were genetically identical.

Primarily, I see "the son not of my body" as straight up adoption: the heir he grows but has NO GENETIC connection to his body.  I think your reading of it entails the opposite of the words.  If I wanted a child, adopted him,, and had plans for him, but he wasn't related to me, I'd call him the son not of my body.  

They called the embryo Tussah's folly, right?  I need to find the exact quote, perhaps I exaggerated its importance, but it was a blow to his reputation.