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Message no. 1
From: Hobbes Patrol Headquarters <TYGER@****.WINONA.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Dragon-Talk (Cha cha cha)
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1993 21:35:25 -0500
>Hmm, this is something that has always bothered me a little.
>
>Can dragons actually talk (ie, with their mouth?). Assuming dragon
>'anatomy' is anything at all resembling Dino anatomy, I cannot see how
>their mouths would be able to perform the complex actions required for
>human speech. (Dinos have always been a passion for me since I was like 5
>or 6.)

(Aren't they for all of us?) :X)

>Does it say in SR anywhere how dragons communicate?

>[> Robert Hayden

Not really. But if the 'Big "D"' can make himself look to be a human,
anything is possible. (Story in a Shadowrun promotional had Dunkelzahn
show up at Harlequin's place, and he made himself look human so he could
fit. It's one of FASA's con-thingies...)

I never really got into using dragons. (I tried once, the dropped a
virtual tac-nuke on it. The dragon in question was to be a major player in
the game. ***sigh***) But I figure it uses a mass-telepathy >AND< moves
it's 'mouth' as if to speak. This for when it looks in a homo-sapien-
whatever form.

Just a thought

-Tyger

(PS : There just isn't enough Queensryche refrences to be a shadowrun
board!)

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!Nikki was a loser. A street kid, left to fend for himself at a young age.
!He was independent, and unpredictable, but harmless. Except now !
!he had a philosophy, and that made him dangerous. !
! -From "Operation LIVEcrime" !
! Queensryche
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Message no. 2
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Dragon-Talk (Cha cha cha)
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1993 21:40:32 -0500
On Wed, 16 Jun 1993, Hobbes Patrol Headquarters wrote:

> (Dinos have always been a passion for me since I was like 5
> >or 6.)
>
> (Aren't they for all of us?) :X)

Yea, I guess so. Unfortuantely, it's now 'fashionable' to be interested.
There was once a time where looking at bones was a unique passion.

[Thought on communication deleted]

Hmm, this is what I'm doing for my screenplay. Tirandor (the dragon)
communicates through a computer (because he wires himself in). Now,
telepathy can also be used, but using a computer is easier and requires
less concentration. Also, some 'magically resistive' species have a hard
time picking up the telepathy.

Anyways, I'm utterly rambling tonight about lots of things. So if none of
this is coherent, please understand that I'm coming down from a 5 day
caffine trip that culminated in watching the dreams of my childhood storm
across the movie screen.

> (PS : There just isn't enough Queensryche refrences to be a shadowrun
> board!)

Seven years of power, the corporation claw
the rich control the government, the media, the law
to make some kind of difference so everybody knows;
erradicate the facists, revolution . . . will grow.


Heh

[> Robert Hayden ____ <] Black Holes result from God
[> \ /__ <] dividing the universe by zero.
[> hayden@*******.mankato.msus.edu \/ / <]
[> aq650@****.INS.CWRU.Edu \/ <] # include std_disclaimer.h
--
(GEEK CODE 0.3): GSS d- p--/-p+ c++ l++ m+/* s-/++ g+ w++ t++ r++ x+
[finger my Krypton account for a copy of the Geek Code]

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