CoL49 Chapter 3

[J K Van Nort]

Michael asks:Why is the language so conditional?

C) and tells us that she will come to be haunted by the way things fit
together - logically

i) Does the word “haunted” have a negative connotation which suggests that
The Tristero won’t be any more satisfying a myth to live within than
Rapunzel?

ii) is there really anything at all logical about how getting jiggy with
Metzger would start a voyage of discovery? If so, what?I suppose the conditional language implies that Oed is trying to understand this, trying to offer possible explanations. The only logic I can see in this is that the first syllable in Tristero may be tryst, which is how her relationship with Metzger begins. So a tryst leads to the Tristero. Also Metzger in German is butcher, and there was a butcher delivery of mail/messages in the middle ages when butchers apparently traveled around to offer their services. They would pass on messages from other customers. So he provides the first messenger to deliver a message from the tristero.She may be haunted by the myth or by the revelation, which seems to hint at a higher unity of explanation but never reveals it fully.In solidarity,James

Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone