(urth) Fairies and Wolfe

[Jeff Wilson]

On 3/31/2012 3:00 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> *From:* Jeff Wilson <mailto:jwilson at clueland.com>
> **
> 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?
> Can you elaborate? I don’t really understand what you’re referring to.

Supposedly, Apu-Punchau is a necromancer in reverse; he traffics with 
the living on behalf of the other dead people.


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