Mary Bertke
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
So...what's the transfer of a demon to a new host like, for the demon? Do the personalities of more developed demons ever disagree about who they should jump to?
Lois McMaster Bujold
This is so far left to the imagination of the readers. But one may presume it is almost as disorienting for the demon as for the host. Also, every demon is as or more different from one another as every person. It might be possible for the personalities to disagree, although as time goes on they do tend to meld, but at the moment of the host's death there will only be a small number of choices in range. We've twice, with Hallana and Ruchia, seen demons jump to someone nearby other than the new host the Temple presented, but that was more likely disagreement between the demon and its handlers than internal to the demon. Probably...
Ta, L.
This is so far left to the imagination of the readers. But one may presume it is almost as disorienting for the demon as for the host. Also, every demon is as or more different from one another as every person. It might be possible for the personalities to disagree, although as time goes on they do tend to meld, but at the moment of the host's death there will only be a small number of choices in range. We've twice, with Hallana and Ruchia, seen demons jump to someone nearby other than the new host the Temple presented, but that was more likely disagreement between the demon and its handlers than internal to the demon. Probably...
Ta, L.
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Scratch
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Please be kind. In Captain Vorpatril's Alliance, early on we are shown a typical day for Ivan. We are told that he goes through the mail and he identifies the various snakes mailed to his office. Some are dangerous, some are dead, some are really worms that were mistaken for snakes, etc. Until this point I don't recall hearing about Ivan studying herpetology. Was this a metaphor? The mail has threats to assess?
Talli Ruksas
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
How do you pronounce Eugin (Vorpatril)? I thought you-jin but Gardner pronounces it oy-gin
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Jun 19, 2020 06:44AM · flag
Demons are alarmed by all the gods, but it's the Bastard who has to power to recall them. It would not be impossible for the dying soul to ...more
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