From:	jaimie.nicholson@********.otago.ac.nz (Jaimie Nicholson)
Subject:	Re: WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?
Date:	Wed, 29 May 1996 09:51:22 +1100

Evan said:

> Someone with skills doesn't just fall into squatterdom. Squatters are
>not just your average homeless, they're chronically unemployable. They
>have little or no conventional skills (due to society forgetting them),
>and no resources.

They might drop out of sight into squatterdom. If they have enemies with
_very_ good matrix/info gathering skills, becoming a squatter, and
therefore not owning anything, might be the only way to hide.
He might be a paranoid schizophrenic, hiding out even further into the
shadows than most of our characters.
He might be pretending to be a squatter, so he can gather info while
appearing non-threatening.
I'm sure you can think of more reasons, and also appreciate the fact that
in any of the above cases, _he is unlikely to tell you about it_.

Mike said:

>but he can't buy lunch.

He can, but for one or more of the above reasons, he prefers to avoid
coming into sight.

He continued:

>Along with this thread goes the watcher. WTF? Watchers are little idiot
>spirits that only last for a couple of hours. How the hell did he get
>e-mail sent, and how the hell did Ronin conjure it?

It didn't send e-mail, it was there talking to Phobos. There is no set
format for watcher-carried messages, so I used the ***** Internal header,
sinvce that seemed closest. Ronin didn't conjure it, Phoenix did.

Someone agrees with me:

>There, a couple of ways a good person can still find themselves on the streets
>with no where else to turn.

Thank you. That's my entire point.

PLAYTHING OF A CRUEL GOD...
JAIMIE NICHOLSON, NEW ZEALANDER