From:	mneideng@****.caltech.edu (Mark L. Neidengard)
Subject:	Re: Ork Underground
Date:	Thu, 28 Mar 1996 13:58:42 -0800 (PST)

>>>>>[Ding! goes the news agent, and like the good little Pavlovian I am, I
rush to see what happened. =) Anyway, this Orc Underground business sounds
fascinating. Didn't get any of it on footage? Damn shame, that. I'd love to
see it in "person" except that other duties are keeping me tied up here. I
don't suppose any experts have given it their eyes-on yet? And as for that
banshee...I'm rather surprised to hear of one quite that out in the open.
"Guarding" the body, you say? Any idea for whom? Or why?

As to the question of banshees and vampiric elves, I should point out that the
bulk of Thaumaturgic thought about HMHVV (which, i should point out, has so
far resisted the best efforts at fully understanding its effects) suggests that
the manifestation of the "vampirism" is likely to be different in each
individual. While some evidence suggests that HMHVV can have an unbalancing
effect on the intellect, it is by no means clear that this happens in all
cases. The well-known conjecture that HMHVV-infected elves become "banshees"
may be only that, speculation.

So, is anyone in the scholarly regime investigating this interesting little
incident?]<<<<<
-- Jason Tylor <13:28:25 / 03-28-57>

*****PRIVATE: Jason Tylor
>>>>>[It is not the bulk of scholarship that interests you, is it?
Not...that
I misunderstand or am...ungrateful. She never told you her age, did she?
]<<<<<
-- Thelienista <13:39:14 / 03-28-57>

*****PRIVATE: Thelienista
>>>>>[Older than me was all I really needed to know. But hark, does this
little
outpouring of verbiage mean that you're ready to return to the land of the...
uhh...]<<<<<
-- Jason Tylor <13:50:25 / 03-28-57>

*****PRIVATE: Jason Tylor
>>>>>[Subtlety was always one of your _strong_ points. Say that I am...
regaining some of my equilibrium. Though...not...all.]<<<<<
-- Thelienista <13:54:50 / 03-28-57>