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<DIV>>Could be...I'm still not sure Pas went into Silk at the end of Long
Sun.</DIV>
<DIV>>If he didn't, that's just Silk in Silk's body until the Horn-patterned
Neighbor shows up.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, the individual explanations I offer have
a way of cascading toward my conclusion. It's something that has to be taken as
a whole. I recognize that.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If one acknowledges that the Raja is a Neighbor who
has reanimated Horn and is in some way Horn himself, then it becomes difficult
not to say, "Hmm...resurrected Horn is a beast with TWO horns. Where does the
other horn come from? Silk? How is Silk a "horn" or Horn? It would be tidy
to say that Horn is one of those special embryos, and a clone of the
*same* person of whom Silk was, but that's impossible because they
don't look alike. Horn could once do a good impression of Silk, but his
sons don't think he looks like him. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are other ways to put the pieces together, in
isolation, rather than say that Silk had Pas in him. But **choosing** the
particular answer from among the others and accepting Horn as a clone of
Typhon (which resolves other things) is only way I know of to get Horn
into Silk (without feral speculation). </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Resolving Wolfean puzzles often requires
picking from multiple, viable solutions. To do that, I prefer to look at
all the open problems as a whole and see which arrangement of
solutions ties up the most open puzzles I have without refuting a
bunch of other solutions. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>>I also want to note that this whole thing is a rationalization of the
Incarnation, not the Trinity.</DIV>
<DIV>>The three Persons of the Trinity all share a single essence (in
orthodox Christianity, that is),</DIV>
<DIV>>whereas Jesus Christ possessed two essences in a single
Person. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Technically, I suppose you're right. But I think a
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three-in-one analogy was what Wolfe was going
for.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>J.</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>