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From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Foci (a new question).
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 11:57:21 +0200
>I have read in the book (SR2 and Grim. 2) that a foci has a "link" with a
>magician, so that if I drop my foci they can use it to get me (follow the
>arrow!).
>
>I say, does it work backwards? If I lose my foci, can I follow the thread
>and find it?
>(It means logical to me but, hey, since I'm not perfect maybe I'm
>forgettin' sumthin').

There's actually an "encounter" based on this idea somewhere in Sprawl Sites
-- a "friendly magician" falls asleep in a park, and wakes up with all his
valuables missing, including his foci. The text mentions that he could
simply go into astral space and follow the threads to his foci, but he's
afraid of astral space...


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