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Thanks, Matthew. It's "Lebling," by the way, not "Liebling." I think
the archives have various lacunae; my original post on this topic isn't
there, just responses from alga and others. A little earlier in that
archive is a post about problems with the database or the host, which
may explain it.<br>
<br>
The epigraph has multiple meanings. The simplest is that Cutthroat,
like the Trojans, is an exile; he was expelled from the Great Sleigh,
they were expelled from Troy. On another level, remember that the
Romans, the descendants of Aeneas, were fostered by a she-wolf, as was
Cutthroat by wolves. Third, consider the human-like animal people who
have been approaching humanity for "seven years" and may now have
reached it in the person of Cutthroat. Fourth, consider the destroyed
Troy reborn as Rome, then a destroyed or at least diminished humanity
(on the asteroid or even universally) reborn from the animals.<br>
<br>
Dave Lebling, aka vizcacha<br>
<br>
Matthew Groves wrote:
<blockquote
cite="mid39ed084f0706171014n65b5a661s974ea0705c4e149c@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Actually, here is proof that Dave Liebling was the first
to speculate on
<br>
Cutthroat's dog nature (though I can't find the original post for some
<br>
reason):
<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0007/0574.shtml">http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0007/0574.shtml</a>
<br>
<br>
Very interesting: he speculates that the Great Sleigh sleigh is, at one
<br>
level of representation, the car (!!!) in which Cutthroat was riding
before
<br>
he was left behind. He also compares the bouillon cubes to a domestic
dog's
<br>
kibble. I like it a lot!
<br>
<br>
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