On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Steve Simmons wrote: > "Part of the answer to the question I have posed is this: > The gods are being who are able to manifest in at least two > places at once, I.e., duplocate. > and yet who are not subject to the forcible > control of any other being; this latter marking the difference > between a god and a demon." . . . I concede this is clear. The whole subject-to-control thing strikes me as a crock, though. So sounds like the N has more or less turned herself into a god, except for being uncontrollable. Something about the blood, no doubt. To quote someone, "Blood is life, lackbrain."