Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 10:34:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Michael Straight 
Subject: Re: (urth) Silk-23 skidoo

On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Adam Stephanides wrote:

> 5) In any case, why would Horn think that just because he gives Pig an eye
> and puts him in front of a monitor, Silk-in-Pig will jump into *him*?  For
> that matter, if Horn wants to be possessed by Silk, why not just stand in
> front of a monitor and get possessed by Silk-in-Mainframe directly, rather
> than at second hand?

This objection is so obvious, I'm surprised we haven't articulated it
before -- I feel like it's been in the back of my head all this time.  

The only answer I can think of would be if Silk-in-Pig wants to go to his
Silk body more than any of the mainframe versions of Silk.

But in any case, I think Horn's motives are to restore Pig's sight and
allow Silk-in-Pig to get out to wherever he wants to go (like Scylla
wanting out of Oreb -- although note here that Scylla does not go from
Oreb back to Mainframe, but from Oreb to her original body -- so maybe
that analogy supports mantis's theory after all!)

-Rostrum



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