Subject: (urth) (OBW) Horn/Babbie
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 16:42:27 +1100
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Just re-readring that enigmatic scene at the end of OBW, where Horn & =
Babbie seem to become confused with each other.=20
Rather than this being Horn-into-Babbie, as I think Marc suggested, I =
believe it is Babbie-into-Horn.=20
- Horn, exhausted, is in imminent danger from the inhumi. He has let the =
fire burn down, he sleeps, the inhumi close in ...
- Some agency (perhaps VP, perhaps a "Vanished God") shifts Babbie's =
strong, single-minded, Horn-devoted spirit into Horn's body. We know the =
VP can do this kind of thing.
- The agency calls to Babbie in Horn's voice - presumably to get Babbie =
to move Horn away from the dangerous place?
- He knows the inhumi are gone, thru some animal sense.
- Babbie feels a doggy compulsion to obey the call. He ignores sleeping =
Evensong as irrelevant. He doesn't take boots & stockings (which of =
course Babbie would think superfluous), or knife & sword (he already has =
"two knives"!). He's wearing trousers already, and he does take tunic & =
robe (why? maybe because it's cold? maybe because there's enough of Horn =
functioning to select these, with the all-important pen case & =
manuscript in the pocket of the robe?).
- He finds the agency in the forest, and goes for comforting in a doggy =
kind of way.=20
- The possession ends when it's no longer necessary.
This doesn't explain why Horn must go to the agency, rather than the =
agency to Horn, or really why it was so urgent that Horn go anywhere at =
all, if the agency has the power to disperse the inhumi; or who the =
agency is. But I think this is pretty much what was going on here.=20
(Actually, maybe the danger is more from Evensong at this point. She's =
probably a Han spy. She's insistent that he tell her the Secret "this =
night". Maybe she's acting under instructions to find out as much as =
possible from him before killing him. With the inhumi all around, it's =
probably time to finish things off & head home ... )=20
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Just re-readring that enigmatic scene =
at the end of=20
OBW, where Horn & Babbie seem to become confused with each other.=20
Rather than this being =
Horn-into-Babbie, as I think=20
Marc suggested, I believe it is Babbie-into-Horn.
- Horn, exhausted, is in imminent =
danger from the=20
inhumi. He has let the fire burn down, he sleeps, the inhumi close in=20
...
- Some agency (perhaps VP, perhaps a =
"Vanished=20
God") shifts Babbie's strong, single-minded, Horn-devoted spirit =
into=20
Horn's body. We know the VP can do this kind of thing.
- The agency calls to Babbie in Horn's =
voice -=20
presumably to get Babbie to move Horn away from the dangerous=20
place?
- He knows the inhumi are gone, thru =
some animal=20
sense.
- Babbie feels a doggy compulsion to =
obey the call.=20
He ignores sleeping Evensong as irrelevant. He doesn't take boots &=20
stockings (which of course Babbie would think superfluous), or knife =
& sword=20
(he already has "two knives"!). He's wearing trousers already, and he =
does take=20
tunic & robe (why? maybe because it's cold? maybe because there's =
enough of=20
Horn functioning to select these, with the all-important pen case &=20
manuscript in the pocket of the robe?).
- He finds the agency in the forest, =
and goes for=20
comforting in a doggy kind of way.
- The possession ends when it's no =
longer=20
necessary.
This doesn't explain why Horn must go =
to the=20
agency, rather than the agency to Horn, or really why it was so urgent =
that Horn=20
go anywhere at all, if the agency has the power to disperse the inhumi; =
or who=20
the agency is. But I think this is pretty much what was going on here.=20
(Actually, maybe the danger is =
more from=20
Evensong at this point. She's probably a Han spy. She's insistent that =
he tell=20
her the Secret "this night". Maybe she's acting under instructions to =
find out=20
as much as possible from him before killing him. With the inhumi all =
around,=20
it's probably time to finish things off & head home ...=20
)
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