(urth) Silk's origin

[António Pedro Marques]

James Wynn wrote (11-10-2011 04:20):
> On 10/10/2011 7:55 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
>> Perhaps it's not so important. An identical genotype may give rise to
>> disparate phenotypes after all. Things can happen during development as
>> well as after birth that result in changes in appearance. Are they not
>> both blonde?
>>
>> (And this would be even more true if we are not talking about cloning but
>> instead a narrow genotype from intensive enhanced breeding. Would your
>> riddles work out OK if Silk was Typhon's "brother"?
>
> Well, there are just a lot of references that identify Silk directly with
> Typhon.
> Tussah might be blonde, but we can't know because he is bald.
> It's not that Silk and Tussah aren't identical twins. Chenille is suggested
> to look like Tussah in drag with large breasts. But Horn doubts that she and
> Silk could be siblings because they "really don't look alike".

What with never having time nor food to eat (Jerry, can you take this 
sentence to a.u.e? But crosspost it to somewhere I read!), I've always 
pictured Silk as an anorectic. For some odd reason, that doesn't apply to 
the guy in most of the Book of the Short Sun.