Talli Ruksas
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I just listened to Masquerade again and it got me thinking about demons and dolphins. Do you think a more experienced demon might be able to survive in a dolphin (or whale, etc)? Something with a bigger brain.
Lois McMaster Bujold
Well, clearly one did, for a while. The question is how much of a prior human mind (i.e., experienced demon) would be shaved off to fit if it were that sort of transfer. Again from that example, quite a lot hung on in bits in poor Ree.
The other is how much controlled chaos shedding it would be possible for the demon to teach the dolphin how to do. Both the dolphins who died in Masquerade died of tumors, etc., engendered by such unshed chaos. Their general ability to survive in the sea may also have been compromised. (Though obviously, wheels coming off their carts or things catching fire around them would not have been issues.) Open question! Or at least, open answer.
Ta, L.
Well, clearly one did, for a while. The question is how much of a prior human mind (i.e., experienced demon) would be shaved off to fit if it were that sort of transfer. Again from that example, quite a lot hung on in bits in poor Ree.
The other is how much controlled chaos shedding it would be possible for the demon to teach the dolphin how to do. Both the dolphins who died in Masquerade died of tumors, etc., engendered by such unshed chaos. Their general ability to survive in the sea may also have been compromised. (Though obviously, wheels coming off their carts or things catching fire around them would not have been issues.) Open question! Or at least, open answer.
Ta, L.
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