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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>>>What of the inhumas' ability to fly
through the void? Is this a lie or can they survive in space?</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace"><BR><BR><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>>I've always
thought it was a lie. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Although I
think Wolfe *does* have characters lie and never get called on it, I think the
story is true. There's simply no other way IMO that Blue could be
inundated with inhumi attacks if they had to depend on landers for all of them
to get to Blue. I think the lander is how the inhumus (male inhumi) arrive.
Jahlee (IIRC) says the void of space journey is pretty risky and many or most
don't make it. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>There is
*some* atmosphere well out in space and where the atmospheres of the planets
intersect I guess there's twice as much. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace"><FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>>Plus,
I'd always gotten the impression that the end of OBW
with</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>>the
inhumi flying the lander pretty much put the lie to that idea.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>I think the
purpose of the lander was to get new humans to Green. But of course the inhumu
would require them as well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace"><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>But, anyway, they got to the Whorl originally with the help of the
the Neighbors. The most dependable way would be for a Neighbor to have
grabbed an inhumi and Dream-Traveled there, and then traveled via lander to
Green and back.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Hmmm...on the
other hand, the inhumi can't see the light of the stars. Can they see Green and
Blue in the sky??</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace"><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>J.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>P.S.
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>I suspect the
maturation process of inhumi is pretty short for various reasons, but I haven't
used any math to test my opinion.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>