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<A title=marcaramini@yahoo.com href="mailto:marcaramini@yahoo.com">Marc
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<TD vAlign=top><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 2/9/11,
Gerry Quinn <I><<A
href="mailto:gerryq@indigo.ie">gerryq@indigo.ie</A>></I></B>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>But why would Typhon send an embryo of his son
to occupy himself?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Why not another Piaton, if that's what he plans
to do?</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>There is no reason to believe the children of Typhon were conceived
of Piaton's body, since we don't have a good concept of how long after
his ascension such a procedure became necessary, only that it predated
the launch of the whorl. I can't imagine a megalomaniac not
switching the testes as well if conception was not done prior to his
little body theft.</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>My point was not about the testes. My
question was: if we assume that Typhon wanted to possess one or more humans on
the colonised planet or planets, why would he do this to an embryo of his own
flesh and blood? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>In the case of Piaton, he chose his strongest
slave. Why wouldn't he simply wait and choose the best suited
for his purpose among the colonists or sleepers? Or, indeed, have
embryos stored that would be well-suited? But there's no reason to think
that a biological son of his would be ideal. Indeed, he had evidence (in
the forms of Hierax and Tartaros) that it would not.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- Gerry Quinn</FONT></DIV>
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