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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Pedro says:</FONT><BR>"1) Oreb in Astral form was always
like a small boy with feathers. He is ALWAYS like that because the astral form
shows how a person's spirit "is". For example Silkhorn says, when he sees Babbie
in astral form for the first time, that he was curious to see how much "human"
babbie was. This does not agree well with seeying Oreb in astral form as he is
in the real world."</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marc responds:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>"Oreb appears as a human spirit because he is embued with scylla"</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I say:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marc is right. Oreb appears as part human when he is
possessed. And IIRC his looks change during the various spirit travel episodes.
Furthermore, there is frankly no other explanation for the ghost-Oreb event
except for Silk's rationalization which, aside from being totally contrary to
the described event, is negated by Wolfe's M.O. of having "rational
explanations" be always wrong.</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT><FONT
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<DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial>Pedro says:</FONT> <BR>"2) There's nothing in
Wolfe's Solar Cycle that goes against a ghost having physical form capable
of interacting with objects. In fact there are plenty of examples on "gothic
stories" in which ghosts do have physical presence and can interact with
physical objects. "</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I say:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Not like this....except maybe in Abbot &
Costello's "Hold That Ghost". The event is way too playful --even corny--
and, anyway, if the ghost is Pike (in the way Silk believes it is)
it has zero narrative significance in anyway that anyone has explained so
far.</FONT><BR> </DIV></BODY></HTML>