<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I will repost some things to address your questions.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>on page 282 it is revealed zygmunt, skip's investigator, is dead and two <a title="Click to Continue > by CouponDropDown" id="_GPLITA_1" style="text-decoration: underline;" href="http://lists.urth.net/pipermail/urth-urth.net/2013-June/028506.html#" in_rurl="http://i.tracksrv.com/click?v=VVM6NDk1NDA6MTk3Mzp3b21lbjowNGEzYjhlNjk2ZTQ1MzdjNzhkYTI5ZTU0ZDIzMjI1Zjp6LTE0OTAtMjUzMTIyOmxpc3RzLnVydGgubmV0Ojk2MDkyOmUwNzEwMjM1Mzg5NDdlZjU1YTYwZjUwMzI5M2JkNTJmOjEzNzcwNDg5NjA1Nzg"><font color="#0066cc">women</font></a> are missing. On page 285 skip hands some people we have never heard of weapons and a "leader" gets shot in the face</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div>The cyborg-android Richard Johnson (working for
the Os if we take it at face value) says people can be spies and not know it, but that the Os does not do that memory wiping. "Greater east Asia does a lot of it. They send in spies who've forgotten they're spies, people who do certain things when the time comes without knowing why they do them." (160) Skip has a few strange dreams, being trapped in a cell, killing a "leader" with three characters we have never heard of before, and wanting chelle to have a gun in case he decides to send people after her. His efficacy in combat situations is equally surprising. Skip did have a <a title="Click to Continue > by CouponDropDown" id="_GPLITA_0" style="text-decoration: underline;" href="http://lists.urth.net/pipermail/urth-urth.net/2013-June/028503.html#"
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explosive device? Blue has a blackthorne stick as well. <br></div><div>The old man who sells Vanessa the furniture and the suicidal shaving knife wears some interesting clothes. Skip says " I have forgotten the old man's name; I remember everything else ... The jeans and the blue rubber soled <a title="Click to Continue > by CouponDropDown" id="_GPLITA_0" style="text-decoration: underline;" href="http://lists.urth.net/pipermail/urth-urth.net/2013-June/028504.html#" in_rurl="http://i.tracksrv.com/click?v=VVM6NDA4ODk6MjUwNzpzaG9lczo1YjFlN2VhZGM2MDU1OTM0OTlkMzM5YWU5NDlkODczNTp6LTE0OTAtMjUzMTIyOmxpc3RzLnVydGgubmV0OjUxOTcwOjU5YjAwNTQ4ODc3ZTEzNjljMTI0ZDUzOTc3ODhhMDBmOjEzNzcwNDkwNTAwNzY"><font color="#0066cc">shoes</font></a> from eastasia." Could this relationship, between Skip and the old man with his little shop, be deeper and Skip forgetting the name signs of some other mental interference, in light of eastasia's forgetful unaware spies?
Perhaps this is why Mort pununto, executed for being a spy by Chelle, is brought up several times. </div></span><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="hr" style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" contenteditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Brian Doherty <brianmdoherty@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> urth@lists.urth.net <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 20, 2013 6:31 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> (urth) More HOME FIRES Qs<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv7755314958"><div
dir="ltr">How do we know Skip ordered/was responsible for Z man's death?<div><br><div>How do we know it was a weapon or secret for same they wanted from Sims/Chelle?</div><div><br></div><div>I love the "fragility of tenacity" as a theme. Best choice yet....</div>
<div><br></div><div>Brian Doherty</div><div class="yiv7755314958gmail_extra"><br><br><br></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Urth Mailing List<br>To post, write <a href="mailto:urth@urth.net" ymailto="mailto:urth@urth.net">urth@urth.net</a><br>Subscription/information: <a href="http://www.urth.net/" target="_blank">http://www.urth.net/</a><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>