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From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Re: Niven's Protectors
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Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 11:41:17 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 13 11:41:17 1985
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> The protectors on Home would almost certainly take all the root with
> them, since they did not want to raise more protectors after them.
> Virus in the air would not be a danger.
> 
> 	Jim

Jack Brennan devised a form of tree-of-life virus that could survive
indefinitely in the athmosphere, as well as one that could survive and
reproduce in a protector's body.

Remember how Truesdale was prevented from entering certain sections of
Kobold even before he was old enough to trigger the tree-of-life hunger
reaction.
-- 
	Peter da Silva (the mad Australian)
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