From: Alex Ferguson (abf@cs.ucc.ie)
Date: Thu 04 May 2000 - 18:09:57 EEST
> James Frusetta:
> >And the other question: can the RE use a *non*-human to comprise his
> >mortal body?
Peter Metcalfe
I think I agree with this, largely at least: you'd get so much
This might also come under the heading of 'possible future Masks
> He could. But I think in Pelorian Philosophy, nonhumans/
> monsters are a type of incomplete (i.e. a troll would be
> a being dominated by its shadow part). When the Emperor
> is reincarnated, he becomes complete and so non-humanity
> would vanish...
not a human, as such, as a 'healed troll' (if that were the
dominant physical 'bit'). Whatever that is, exactly...
that might require (yet more) "subtle redefining" of the
Empire's understand of what it means to _be_ Moonson'.
Cheers,
Alex.
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