Kate Davenport

Kate Davenport asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

Just finished "Assassins of Thasalon" for the second time. Thank you for a satisfying end/beginning to Tanar, Bosha and Adelis's story. Odd question, if demons arise randomly could one rise into a human first with no animal intermediary? if so, would that make any difference?

Lois McMaster Bujold Yes, one could. What difference it would make would depend on the particulars of the human (though not of the demon-elemental-blob, which would be identical in every case.) It might feel less like going mad to the untrained recipient, as there wouldn't be all those confusing animal lives/perceptions/memories to deal with, but it would still feel decidedly odd. (Not to mention carcinogenic, plus the new accident-prone-ness.)

Interesting question!

Ta, L.

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