(urth) Inhumi's secret and numbers on Blue

[Lee Berman]

>nate jarvis: Of course characters in BotSS travel to the Whorl (Horn's walk in) and
>even as far as Nessus (inhuma included) without spacecraft. They don't
>take their bodies, though, and I thought the inhumi claimed to fly
>between Green and Blue, when the time was right, in a very literal
>sense

With regard to the astral projection sort of travel, I agree with those who think
that has more to do with the less-than-substantial Neighbors' influence than Inhumi. FWIW,
this sort of travel seems to produce the "real essence" of the travellers or something like
that. So gods and inhumi who travel that way end up showing their "true" form, whatever that
may mean. The Inhumi end up as hyper-sexualized humans which is probably worth some discussion.

I'll leave aside the debate on whether all predatory humans rely on stealth and emphasize the 
point that all Inhumi that we encounter are relentless liars and deceivers. It seems completely
a part of their nature. Likely this is metaphorically related to the Serpent, Satan, The Great
Deceiver, etc., not to mention Jahi/Lilith, the temptress, demoness etc.

We could go so far as to say that the Secret of the Inhumi is a lie just like everything else
the Inhumi say. But I think good writing requires that there is something of substance to this
secret that we are supposed to figure out.

As you point out earlier, nate, this secret is supposed to be something which could ruin the
Inhumi race if revealed. Your idea about consent is along these lines, and I appreciate that.

Yes, quite a bit is said about the Inhumi travelling across the void from Green to Blue when
the planets are in conjunction. In previous discussions about that we've agree that the 
planets cannot be close enough to share an atmosphere and not collide so the Inhumi must be
travelling through the void. 

My position has been that multi-cellular organisms cannot possibly survive such a trip without 
exploded cell membranes.  Perhaps most damaging to this story is the impossible premise that 
biological creatures could somehow achieve escape velocity purely on the power of wings. Still,
I may be in the minority in disbelieving the lies of the Inhumi, but it leaves me feeling as
frustrated as when I hear real world masses believing the lies of some demogogue.

So, I think that is a lie to cover up the inhumi reliance on being spaceship stowaways. I feel it
has to have some important significance like that.  Likewise, Antonin Scriabin's thought that the 
Inhumi mating habits could be just a biological oddity doesn't ring true to me. Why would such
a thing be revealed at the very end of the story by Juganu? There are more lies going on here I 
think, meant to protect the Inhumi race.

These are like the lies told by Quetzal to get some of the Whorl residents to go to Green. As Krait 
tells Horn, the Inhumi think of humans as cattle. They are more (socially) intelligent than humans and
will use lies and deception to herd us where they want us, just as we use fences, whips and nose
rings to herd cows where we want them.