GRGR(7) human dogs all over again

[Jeremy Osner]

My reaction to this was a bit different: I thought, "Hmm... that's not
really so much "like what happens on the cortex of Dog during the
"paradoxical" phase."" (Check out that nesting!) I couldn't figure out
exactly what the difference is, but it seemed to me like Pointsman woke up
scared by his dream, then was further scared by the news of Spectro, then
was sitting alone in his room feeling scared and actively coming up with new
things to worry about -- I think it is a big stretch to describe this
episode as paradoxical.

Lars Frehse wrote:

> I´ve been looking forward to this one, so listen:
>
> "You slept through the loud squadrons roaring without letup, but
> Gwenhidwy´s small, reluctant tap woke you. Something like what happens
> on the cortex of Dog during the "paradoxical" phase." (138.10)
>
> So, after all, Pointsman is merely human, too. And it looks as if he´s
> been conditioned by something bigger than him: "The War". In a way, this
> raises the question if any character in GR acts on a free will base. For
> if even this schemer and puppet-master is merely responding to certain
> stimuli, whou could possibly be a master of his own fate?
>
> So long,
>     Lars