[LMB] Elena, Elli and Miles

David McMillan skyefire at skyefire.org
Tue Jul 3 18:16:12 BST 2007


Steve Salaba wrote:
> I was just listening to the audio book of "Mirror Dance", and I'd 
> come the part where Mark is contemplating Elli and Elena and 
> remarking to himself that the two women share some physical 
> characteristics, and Mark begins speculating as to whether Miles 
> unconsciously chose Elli because of her slight resemblance to Elena. 
> This started ME speculating as to whether Miles, again unconsciously, 
> chose certain options when having Elli's face rebuilt for some of the 
> same reasons.
> 
> Miles's subconscious is an interesting area to explore, isn't it?

	Yeah... right up until the memory-construct Bothari looms out of the 
shadows with a lead-lined rubber hose in one hand and the Vorkosigan 
Family Dagger in t'other, growling "Off limits" while radiating Pure 
Homicidal Menace at around 11 on the Omigawdrunaway scale....
	Interesting, yes.  But not exactly what I'd call *safe.*






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