Grady Brandt wrote: > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Jeff G. [mailto:Log0n5150 at hotmail.com] >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Jose Marquez" <jhereg69 at earthlink.net> >> >> >> >>>Some of these questions make me think that the Jenoine experiments >>>involved genetic manipulation, but also limited evolution by letting >>>their experiments breed. Going back to chaos, this means that either the >>>Jenoine deliberately built-in chaos-creation abilities in three (or >>>more) lab rats, or these lab rats gained these abilities through >>>mutation (possibly Verra-aided mutation?), which in my mind takes >>>parents that are not Jenoine. >>> >>>Thoughts? >>> >>>Jose >>> >>> >>> >>Remember, the Sea of Chaos was not created until the event that removed >>the >>Jenoine from Dragerea. We have insufficent information as to the presence >>of >>Chaos on Dragerea prior to then. I would think that your last theory is >>true, that chaos creation was a Verra aided mutation, as it is linked to >>the >>soul rather than the body. Also, if the Jenoine added it, there would be >>more than one genetic line that could do it. Manipulation of it seems to >>be >>an inherent learned skill, as any sorcerer can do it, including the >>various >>deities and the Jenoine, so that may have been a Jenoine added option. >> >>Jeff G. >> >> > >Perhaps chaos manipulation is just a function of having a soul. It doesn't >make sense to me that a genetic modification could create an ability to >control something when the ability to create that thing is linked to the >soul. I suppose it's possible, but how or why would the Jenoine have bred in > >that ability unless they knew of its existence and think it will be >necessary. >Which raises the question of what exactly were the Jenoine experimenting >for. Were they trying to create a being capable of creating chaos, and all >the other genetic tinkering was simply tangential to that purpose? >Or is that answered somewhere in the text that I missed? > > Maybe this is exactly what they were trying to do: create a being that could create chaos. And as they succeeded, Verra revolted, destroying their lab, notes, etc. Jose -- Jose Marquez | There are 10 types of people in jhereg69 at earthlink.net | the world: those who understand http://www.hackwater.com | binary, and those who don't.