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<A title=jane_delawney@sky.com href="mailto:jane_delawney@sky.com">Jane
Delawney</A> </DIV>
<DIV>Why the face thing by the way? I suspect a mourning ritual gotten
slightly out of hand. Silk may have intended only to make shallow cuts in his
skin, including the face, neck and arms, which would be very Greco-Roman in
fact; but he either made a resolution or became too focussed on the moment,
and made one or several of those neck or arm/wrist cuts a little deeper, then
deeper still, with the intention of bleeding to death. <BR><BR>All
of which begs the question of where Silk's spirit has really gone. 'To join
Pas' is a possibility - the name 'Passilk' seems to be current, and there was
that moment in BoTLS where Silk had a vision of Pas with two heads, one of
them his, ie. Silk's, own (naturally Silk has no idea at any point that
Typhon's second head is that of a slave). One may hope not; it's much more
encouraging to think that he has gone to live with and in the Outsider.
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Maybe I am being over-simplistic, but my impression
is that Silk's spirit is dying, but not his body (as the Neighbour says).
As you put it, a mourning ritual gets out of hand, but not fatally to Silk's
body.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Conversely, Horn is in the opposite
situation. His body dies, while his spirit flies to Silk's
body.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>What happens Silk? I think his
spirit remains dormant in his old body, now occupied by Horn's
spirit. (Aspects of Pas seem to be there too; although uploading
is distinct from possession, I suspect a certain amount of spirit mingling has
taken place here too.) </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>As time goes on Horn falls into despair, and Silk's
spirit recovers and uptimately displaces Horn.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>But what happens Horn? That I can't
answer.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I guess I need to re-read these before coming ti
any definitive conclusions.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- Gerry Quinn</FONT></DIV>
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