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<div>Marc Aramini-<br>
Sorry to keep responding, but didn't Tussah BUY the
embryo? Wasn't that one of the scandals of his
reign? That's why I don't think he is Typhon, but just
Silk's adopted father or purchaser. Need to re-read
Long Sun again.</div>
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I don't deny that Tussah is Silk's adopted father, but there were
reasons that he adopted him. Yes, he bought the embryo for an
enormous sum. Remora says he knew he was buying something
"extraordinary" although no else knew in what way. <br>
<blockquote>"Most of the beasts, and men, are--ah--commonplace. Or
nearly, eh? A few--um--monstrosities, eh? Pitiful. Or fearful.
Extraordinary prices for those. Give ear now, Patera...This was
common knowledge, eh? Fifteen years ago. The calde's folly, we
called it. Forgotten now, hum? And you're not to speak about it to
anyone, Patera. Not to stir it up, hey?..Before he--ah--collected
his reward from the gods, Patera, the calde paid out a sum of
that--um--magnitude, hey? But a human embryo.
Something--ah--extraordinary...A successor, eh? Or an--ah--weapon.
Nobody knows, Patera. The Ayuntamiento's no wiser than yourself,
Patera, now that I've told you."<br>
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Many readers seem to assume that the embryos were a total
crap-shoot. You paid for one and hoped for the best. But actually it
is clear that there were ways to know that that some of the embryos
were guaranteed to be "extraordinary". Those claimed much higher
prices. <br>
But WHY did Tussah buy it? There's no hint from the text that
producing a male heir was a worry for him. The fact is that he
inexplicably (even to those who knew of it) wanted /that/ embryo. I
say that Silk's birth repeated, in a way, the birth of his
"original". The calde (Typhon/Tussah) emplanted a clone in his
mistress (Mother/Mamelta). And this is the meaning of Tussah's
announcement:<br>
<blockquote>"Although he is not the son of my body, my son shall be
calde' after me."<br>
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Tussah's successor /was/ his son. It was just the minor point that
his son was not produced from his own body. But, I repeat, he /was/
his son. That's a paradox, and this is the only resolution for it
that I can think of that doesn't drain the water from Tussah's
declaration.<br>
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u+16b9<br>
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