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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 09:07:24 , Lee
wrote:<br>
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<cite><cite>></cite><cite><i> </i></cite>> </cite><cite><i>Gerry
Quinn: But The Old Wise One is NOT a Shadow Child. He is not
physical, </i></cite><cite>
<br>
</cite><cite><cite>></cite><cite><i> </i></cite>></cite><cite><i>
but created from the consciousness of the nearby Shadow Children
and (as an <br>
</i></cite><cite><cite>></cite><cite><i> </i></cite>></cite><cite><i>
increasing proportion) Sandwalker. It's very clear that the
Shadow </i></cite><cite><br>
</cite><cite><cite>></cite><cite><i> </i></cite>></cite><cite><i>
Children are solid humanoid creatures (if they were not, they
would </i></cite><cite><br>
</cite><cite><cite>></cite><cite><i> </i></cite>></cite><cite><i>
provide unsatisfying meals for the Marshmen), and that the Old
Wise One </i></cite><cite><br>
</cite><cite><cite>></cite><cite><i> </i></cite>> </cite><cite><i>(whom
Sandwalker first assumes to be a ghost, and who notes that once
he<br>
</i></cite><cite><i><cite>></cite><cite><i> </i></cite></i></cite><cite>></cite><cite><i>
was sometimes called the Group Norm) is different.
</i></cite><cite>
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</cite><cite><cite>></cite><cite><i> </i></cite>An interesting
theory. I like it!<br>
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</cite>What do you think of my theory that Mr. Million is an
electronic simulation? Because I thought up that in the same way.
It's simply what Wolfe tells us.<br>
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> It does explain why the Old Wise One is intangible<br>
</cite><cite><cite>></cite><cite><i> </i></cite>while the
others can be eaten. I must wonder why Sandwalker would
start to be<br>
</cite><cite><cite>></cite><cite><i> </i></cite>incorporated in
this telepathic construct when he doesn't chew the weed, and<br>
</cite><cite><cite>></cite><cite><i> </i></cite>isn't the same
species as Shadow Children. <br>
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</cite>Recall the speech of the Old Wise One when he speaks of the
two peoples - the ones who "used their hands, when they had hands,
only to take food", and the others who "crossed from star to star".
"Then if was found that the first heard the songs of the second and
sent them out again, greater than before. Then the second felt thir
songs more strongly in all their bones - but touched, perhaps by the
first."<br>
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> I think Sandwalker's incorporation<br>
</cite><cite><cite>></cite><cite><i> </i></cite>would be
evidence that Abos and Shadow Children are of the
same original,<br>
</cite><cite><cite>></cite><cite><i> </i></cite>telepathic
species.
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Maybe so, but the story tells us otherwise.<br>
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- Gerry Quinn<br>
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