Steven Sarafian
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Having read "The Prisoner of Limnos" several times, I was startled when a friend from the U.P. mentioned yesterday a cruel local practice among youth there of tossing food to seagulls, which they caught on the fly, and then tossing an Alka Seltzer tablet, which MADE THE GULL EXPLODE. (I cannot vouch for the accuracy of this story--it may be so or it may be rural myth.) Had you heard of this?
Lois McMaster Bujold
I had not heard this urban (or rural) myth, no. (I've no doubt that some people would do such a thing, were it possible; much less sure of the chemistry involved.) In my story, it was an extension of the ill-fate of the rat encountered on Pen and Des's escape from the bottle dungeon back in "Penric's Mission", and a hint that this chaos magic could be truly dangerous if out of control, as potentially lethal as gravity. Or even dangerous when under control.
Ta, L.
Ta, L.
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