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from: John W. Kennedy
date: 2010-09-26 18:51:38
subject: Re: Sheridan`s Fall

On Sep 24, 11:41 pm, Wes Struebing  wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:25:39 -0700 (PDT), "John W. Kennedy"
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> >On Sep 24, 3:45 pm, Joseph DeMartino  wrote:
> >> On Sep 24, 1:57 pm, Charlie E.  wrote:
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> >> > I believe the line "Will you catch me if I
fall" contains the
> >> > necessary hint... ;-)
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> >> Except that it seems the Lorien either *didn't* catch him or did a
> >> very bad job of it.  Hence, "He was dying.  He was
dead."  If Lorien
> >> just uses his magic First Ones (tm) powers to safely decelerate
> >> Sheridan and bring him in for a comfortable landing, there are no
> >> injuries, no death, and no need to breathe on any embers.  And no 20
> >> minute limit on the warranty.  The fact that there were all of these
> >> things suggests that is wasn't a matter of Lorien
"simply" catching
> >> Sheridan.  Maybe the captain didn't go splat like a watermelon, but he
> >> must have made a very satisfying "thump" when he hit ground.
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> >I have always rather assumed that the Sheridan-Lorien scenes on
> >Z'ha'dum were taking place in Sheridan's head as he fell.
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> Yeah - except he comes back with Lorien.  Did Lorien, then, pant those
> images in Sheridan's head as he fell?
That has been my working assumption, yes.
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