larry miller wrote<br><blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote"><pre>Started reading Lake of Long Sun last night and Im totally confused
about the appearance of Patera Pike and Oreb in Silks room. I know
there was some mention of this last week in a few posts but I didnt
want to chime in until I read it. Thing is I still have no clue as to
what to make of it. Anyone out there have any idea what to make of
that sequence?</pre></blockquote><div> My conclusion a while back is that it wasn't actually Patera Pike he saw, but his older self astral-traveling back in time, and bringing Oreb along. The BOTSS novels show Silk using this ability quite a bit.<br>
<br>I have a short article discussing that and other theories about the apparition on the Wolfe Wiki:<br><a href="http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=LakeOfTheLongSun.TheHolyGhost">http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=LakeOfTheLongSun.TheHolyGhost</a><br>
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