The Unknown Companion

[Timothy Toner]

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From: James Palmer <jrp36 at hermes.cam.ac.uk>
To: UA list <UA at purpletape.cs.uchicago.edu>
Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 8:18 AM
Subject: The Unknown Companion

First, let me say, I love the way this concept was supported by the
literature, to give us insights into how these creatures have touched upon
the world.  In one of my Recommended Readings for UA (though with a degree
of trepidation), The Great and Secret Show touches upon the Shoal, a secret
brotherhood of Artists that defend Quiddity, the Dream-Sea, from conquests.
Among its members were Emily DIckinson, and the thought of the Belle of
Amherst girding her loins in preparation for mystical combat gets me psyched
for some reason.

>c) Interesting.  The figure is a manifestation of the Archetype of the
>Unknown Companion, the secret helper or aid who supports the hero at his
>most desperate moments.  The best way out of their situation is to follow
>the (barely-perceivable) motions of that half-glimpsed figure.


Uh...is this the guy in that "Footprints" story?  8^p