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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=crushtv@gmail.com
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While I’m far from certain of the theory above (the first one, not
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which would work much better if it happened in Rose’s <BR>> > room, which
has a glass), I do ‘own’ it to the extent that I strongly <BR>> > believe
it’s correct about Mucor, I think it’s the most reasonable <BR>> >
interpretation of Pike so far, and I don’t really know about the bird, <BR>>
> but I like the Mucor possession idea. Silk only saw something behind a
<BR>> > curtain that looked like a bird flying out the window, then he
thought <BR>> > of Oreb. He’d have thought of Oreb if he saw any large
bird.<BR><BR>> No. *According to the text* Silk saw *Oreb*. He only doubted
himself <BR>> based on the fact that "it made no sense" since Oreb couldn't
fly. Then <BR>> he collects a series of other rationalizations.</DIV></DIV>
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the darkness. In the faint skylight from a curtained window. But he
“saw” him so it must have been Oreb no matter what absurdly contrived
explanation we have to make to justify it. That’s just silly
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thought it was Oreb, but it wasn’t a big deal to him until he remembered Oreb
had a dislocated wing, and his curiosity was piqued.</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>> If none of your theories explains the second Oreb (or the
something that <BR>> looked an awful lot like Oreb flying out the window)
then they explain <BR>> nothing. </DIV>
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<DIV>A bird possessed by Mucor explains it, IMO. It’s the best I can do at
the moment.</DIV>
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<DIV>Now, how do you explain how a time travelling one-eyed Rajan looks like a
70+ year old Pike?</DIV>
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<DIV>- Gerry Quinn</DIV>
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