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<font size="2"><font face="Arial">James Wynn-<br>
There is no justification in the story for [Horn's]
spirit to subsequently die while Silk's lives. If Silk's
spirit dies, his body needs Horn's spirit. And that's
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<div><font><font face="Arial" size="2">Gerry Quinn-<br>
</font></font><font face="Arial" size="2">You say there's no
justification in the story... but then what do you think
happens at the end? My impression is that Silk returns
somehow. At the least, what remains at the end seems not to
be Horn - it might be some kind of merger of Horn and Silk I
suppose. <br>
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Of course it's not Horn. (I say) Horn died in the pit and even his
memories--those physically housed in his body--died on Green. By the
time the Rajan begins writing the story, all that is left of Horn is
the memory of his memories. Silk's memories live on physically, but
his spirit has died. It is the Neighbor that continues to animate
him. Thematically, this is a rationalization of the Trinity. Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit.<br>
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What on first read, might seem to be Silk grieving over Hyacinth
(and there is some conflation there) is in fact the Neighbor
grieving over the death of Horn, remembering Horn's remorse at his
of loss of future. Or perhaps he's grieving over the destruction of
his people.<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> [I can't say I like the ending
of RttW, it's all very Wizard of Oz... but as I said I guess I
need another read or two to be very sure of my opinions.] Horn
took some bad beats - and weren't there indications before now
that he had some suicidal tendencies? </font></div>
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I think you are thinking of Horn leaping from the floater. But Wolfe
has confirmed that that was mischievous Mucor possessing him, acting
on Silk's suicidal tendencies. And now that you bring it up, there
were previous indications of Silk tending toward morbid thoughts. <br>
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u+16b9<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">As to why Silk's spirit
resurrected, I don't know. Maybe he got a nudge from the Pas
part of him ;-)</font><br>
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