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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=marcaramini@yahoo.com
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<DIV><BR><BR>> I am almost certain the reason for the conclusion of Short Sun
being the sacrifice</DIV>
<DIV>> of the eye (in flash back anyway) is simply that THAT is the
moment when Silk is</DIV>
<DIV>> "saved"/rebooted. He pretty much left the building/lost
his will to live when Hy </DIV>
<DIV>> died, and that reboot is an integral way to the manner I read the
text: most of</DIV>
<DIV>> the Rajan post OBW is, in my opinion, dominated by the Silver
Silk personality </DIV>
<DIV>> that rode in Pig. </DIV>
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<DIV>Something struck me in that paragraph. When you mention Silver Silk,
are you saying that the Silver/Silent aspect of Silk is what leads him to ride
quietly in SilkHorn? That he’s kind of looking through SilkHorn’s eye like
he does Sacred windows, without taking over?</DIV>
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<DIV>It would be interesting perspective on the Silver/Silent thing. It
could also be intended to work in reverse, i.e. we might think of Silk silently
travelling in SilkHorn and speculate about life for Silk in Mainframe.</DIV>
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<DIV>I’m not very convinced by this concept, but it seems worth thinking
about.</DIV>
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<DIV>- Gerry Quinn</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>