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Posted by PetraFan (Member # 4735) on :
 
Having enjoyed the character Si Wang-Mu so much, I have come to understand that she has a wierd genetic defect. In Xenocide, Jane says that she has a special defect in which she is just as smart as any of the Godspoken, but she doesn't have to go through any of the OCD caused purifications.

Anyway, I was just wondering why she was the only one on Path with that defect. Isn't improbably that she would be the only one? Or am I overanalizing OSC's wonderfully written Xenocide?
 
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
 
They didn't test everyone on the planet -- it's just that of the people they did test, Si Wang-Mu was the only one. Though since it was (apparently) a random mutation, there's a reasonable possibility she'd be the only one anyway, especially if Han Fei-Tzu was correct that "a mutation like that is much more likely to have crippled [her]." And yes, you're overanalyzing. *smile*

--Pop
 
Posted by tonguetied&tvvisted (Member # 6494) on :
 
Yes, you are.
 
Posted by tonguetied&twisted (Member # 5159) on :
 
Paul, quit it already.
 
Posted by PetraFan (Member # 4735) on :
 
Thank you very much, Papa Moose!! [Razz]
 


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