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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Yeah, well, that is fair, it is not clear what happens, this is Wolfe after all!</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Whether Inire conjures up some kind of cat or whether Inire summons the cat back through the mirrors is unclear. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Me, I favour the theory that Inire summoned the cat back through the mirrors and this has a bearing on Miles/Jonas. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">I think this story tells us more about the mysterious mirrors and that is (one of) its purpose(s).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Also, I wonder if Hethor doesn't just call up his creatures with his mirrors, what if he creates them in this way</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">as well? By putting an innocent slug through the mirrors he could get a snuffling beast that leaves a slimy trail,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">the salamander could originally have been a newt and so on. All this is wild speculation of course with no textual</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">evidence... :)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">>Jeff Wilson - jwilson@io.com wrote:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">>I'm not convinced this is the same cat transformed; IIRC it could more </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">>easily be a catlike creature Inire supplied to distract the girl from </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">>her loss with novelty. Bonding ensues between the girl and the feline </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">>that turns out to have pookalike qualities...</FONT>
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