Re: Purina Black-Horse Chow

From: Paul Andrew King <paul_at_...>
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 11:44:10 +0000

>e-g_at_... wrote:
>> writes:
>>
>>> If BHT ate thousands of sentient beings per year, they, not the
>>> Lunar Empire, would be the hated evil enemy of the Heortlings.
>>
>> Maybe it can be symbolic?
>
>Or perhaps a drop of the rider's blood, in the horse's mash, is sufficient.
>Yeah, I think we've got to think laterally about this.

Since the steeds are Darkness creatures the problem may be less in finding adequate food (they may eat almost anything) than in keeping control of their appetites - and in keeping up morale while the steeds are restricted to less tasty foodstuffs.

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"The T'ang emperors were strong believers in the pills of 
immortality.  More emperors died of poisoning from ingesting minerals 
in the T'ang than in any other dynasty" - Eva Wong _The Shambhala 
Guide to Taoism_

Paul K.