From: francis@dogwood.atl.ga.us (John Stracke)
Subject: Re: Continuing Time
Organization: National Science Center Foundation
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 14:41:31 GMT
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In article <BtMMuG.83C@news.cso.uiuc.edu> ndj20710@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Nathan D. Johnson) writes:

>sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes:
>
>>In article <1992Aug26.153639.20684@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> craigb@ot.austin.ibm.com writes:
>>>So, I still wanna know: did he walk through the f***ing wall or not?
>
>>I think it was a hologram of Trent, controlled by RtWaP, to delay the PKF.
>
>>Of course, since Mr. Moran might be reading this himself, he can tell me if
>>I'm right or not 8-).  (Yeah, like he's *really* got nothing better to do
>>than read r.a.s.w.  I'd rather he keep writing and get more books published,
>>actually... 8-))

Myself, I don't really want to hear from him.  I think it's *supposed*
to be a Mystery (in the religious sense--"Once there was a thief, and
the thief was God").

>Just for the heck of it, I'll throw in my alternate explanation, that Trent
>walked through a hologram of a wall. I will even try supporting it with 

Yes! It's perfect! It's logical.  It's plausible.  It works.

Of course, I still would prefer to think that he really *did* walk
through the wall.  Remember what Dr. Montignet said about the errors
that made him a nontelepath: he was "different.  Not better, or worse.
Just different".  We *don't* *know* what Trent's Gifts are; they could
very well include walking through walls.  (Maybe the thief really is
God.)

>First, Trent was in the room because he had been seen entering the room and in
>my opinion, creating a plausable hologram of Trent would seem to require a lot
>of information and given the time frame, I just don't see it happening.

Yes, but Ralf might very well have the information on hand--he was
Trent's Image, after all.  And he certainly had the processing
power--remember, he grabbed the nodes that Trent and Watchdog had been
fighting over.

OH! Just remembered something important: in the scene where Trent
walks through the wall, he *does* *not* *speak*.  This is very
unTrentish.

Trent has never had his voiceprint taken.

Ralf could have done a hologram, but nobody could have done sound.

OK, so it looks like we have two possible explanations.  And I don't
really see why Trent the Uncatchable would have ducked into a room
with only one exit, or refrained from taunting Vance.

Further commentary?

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