(urth) Fairies and Wolfe

[Jeff Wilson]

On 3/31/2012 1:37 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> That is not at all what the conversation implies. First Merryn points
> out that there is no magic, only technology. The Cumaean then states
> that words are symbols, and either word might refer to the same thing.
> But everywhere in this sequence it is made clear to us that advanced
> technology or scientific understanding are the basis for events. Both
> the glamour placed on Jolenta and the raising of Apu-Punchau are
> described in such terms.

I can see Apu-Punchau as an aquastor conjured by the Cumaean's pocket 
eidolator, but what about his career as a vivimancer? How do the dead 
confer without benefit of the Cumaean's assistance?

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at clueland.com
Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
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