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- From: tpratchett@cix.compulink.co.uk (Terry Pratchett)
- Subject: Re: TP research
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 19:20:00 +0000
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- Well, in draft one I'm using molten sulphur as Detritus' tipple. But I like
- the idea of known chemical impurities and among the suggestions already
- advance I can pick and use. Uranium is known on the DW. And given the
- trolls' association with all things mineral, I wonder if I can get away with
- 'coke' jokes...
-
- Heat affects trolls brains, as I have said. That's why they slow down in
- daylight. In Men At Arms Detritus is accidentally frozen and becomes a
- temporary genius as the conductivity of his brain increases. Their brains
- are also natural Eproms -- it takes a lot of repetition to get a troll to
- understand something, but presumably they'd only forget if you unscrewed the
- top of their skulls and exposed them to strong UV.
-
- Terry
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