[LMB] Elena, Elli and Miles

[Marilyn Traber]

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.
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>> Miles's subconscious is an interesting area to explore, isn't it?
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I though Miles just sort of shoved money at his grandmother and had her 
handle the details...

Ha, yups:
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> "Miles!" His grandmother fell on him ecstatically. "Thank God, Captain 
> Dimir found you, then. The Embassy people have been terribly worried. 
> Cordelia says your father didn't think he could get the date for the 
> challenge in the Council of Counts put off a third time—" She broke 
> off as she saw Elli Quinn. "Oh, my."
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> Miles introduced Ivan, and named Elli hastily as a friend from 
> off-planet with no connections and no place to stay. He quickly 
> outlined his hopes for leaving the injured mercenary in his 
> grandmother's hands. Mrs. Naismith assimilated this at once, merely 
> remarking, "Oh, yes, another of your strays." Miles silently called 
> down blessings upon her.
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> They kept the rest of the visit almost as brief as Miles had hoped. 
> They emptied out the valise onto the living room floor, and Miles 
> counted out piles of Betan dollars to clear his various Betan debts, 
> including his grandmother's original "investment." Rather bemusedly, 
> she agreed to be his agent for the task of distribution.
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> The largest pile was for Elli Quinn's new face. Miles gulped when his 
> grandmother quoted him the approximate price for the best work. When 
> he was finished, he had one meager wad of bills left in his hand.
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So miles really didnt pick out the new face. I would surmise the doc his 
grandmother picked worked from the underlying bone structure and perhaps 
some sort of ID card picture.