From: "Ryan Thistlethwaite" 
Subject: Re: (urth) Blue as Ushas - long + More LONG!
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 22:04:33 +1100

Couple of points to comment on... Can't be bothered quoting each other ad
nauseum, the writers know who they are...+ this is long enough already...

First on the subject of the neighbours, I can't recall of the top of my head
any suggestion that they went to the stars. Just read Horn's meeting and
agreement with the neighbours recently and there's no mention of this. It
always struck me as an "other worldly" type of travel.
As an aside on the neighbours... I don't know if this has been discussed,
dismissed or other, but I have just recently had a sneaking suspicion about
the relation between the Neighbours and the Inhumi. I seem to recall Horn
being asked and giving his name to a Neighbour at the end to which the
Neighbour replies "My name is Horn also..." Our Horn seems to feel this is
an immense compliment. Seems to me that the relationship between the
Neighbours and the Vamps hasn't been looked into too deeply, considering
they were supposedly together in the same little chunk of the universe for a
while......
I would LOVE any thoughts you all might have on where you think my brain is
going (and if it's leaving me behind!)

Just another quick one this time... I've felt off and on that Severian
making a house call in the pit seemed plausible, the confusion and
hallucinations all fit as well as something else I've just noticed. Seawrack
seems quite positive that Horn was D.E.A.D in the pit... exact words...
'SW: "You were dead."
I shook my head.
SW: Yes you were, I saw you down there."'
It's possible she happened along before Sev pulled out the FirstAid Kit...

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