From: Ranjit Bhatnagar <ranjit@moonmilk.com>
Subject: (whorl) Re: babbie's spectacles
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 23:55:54 

I didn't think of Babbie having more than the usual quantity of eyes
until that bit with the spectacles, but now I imagine his face as being
like that of a spider (8 legs!), with two main eyes and a number of
smaller auxiliary eyes.  Somehow he doesn't seem quite as cuddly any
more.  If he is like a spider, then different sets of eyes are
specialized for different purposes, and some may be nearsighted and
others more acute.  This could translate to spectacles in his
self-image-as-human.

r.

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