VLVL Rex Snuvvle

jbor jbor at bigpond.com
Sun Feb 15 15:12:36 CST 2004


>>> , becomes desperate, picks up a gun, kills his brother.
>> 
>> Rex shoots Weed because Frenesi has convinced him that Weed is working for
>> the FBI.
> 
> Rex picks up a gun and kills his protégé, Weed Atman.
> I don't think its the FBI's fault. That's the lame excuse Rex gives in
> the fantasy scene with the girl, but I don't buy it.

Who said anything about it being the FBI's fault? Frenesi plants the gun;
she's the agent provocateur. And I think you'll find that the speech at the
bottom of p. 230 and top of p. 231 is subjunctive-Weed talking, not
subjunctive-Rex.

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