Irhit

artificial life copies of people

In a previous blog post, I set out to describe how some of the characters in the Exode Saga view another character in the story. In general, my approach to story writing is plot-driven and the characters are inserted as needed. Occasionally a character arrives who is something of a scene stealer and I actually spend a little time thinking about them, but then I quickly get tired of the needy character and get back to my preferred mission of plot development.

One of the Exode Saga characters who insisted on being included in the story is called "the Editor". The origins of the Editor are rather mysterious. Apparently The Editor had to be "constructed" in the Final Reality as an emergency replacement for a professional science fiction writer. The Editor had a "partial analog" in the Ekcolir Reality.

Irhit

A Search Beyond

Two years ago I had the chance to "speak" to Irhit.
Irhit was the replicoid of that "partial analog", but is able to use the Bimanoid Interface to connect to the Editor.

Near the beginning of the Exode Saga, the task of introducing the Editor falls to Irhit. The Editor is only 12 years old and is just discovering the literature of science fiction.

Typical humans from Earth are hard to find in the first few chapters of Search Beyond. The Editor is raised on Earth and by default he thinks of himself as an Earthling, but he always has doubts. Upon discovering science fiction, the Editor toys with the fantastic idea that he is really some kind of alien visitor to Earth.

the tryp'At

The tryp'At have been carefully designed so as to be classified as "human", but their ability to use the Bimanoid Interface makes them a tempting target for those who seek to guide the human population of planet Earth into the future.

The Irhit Intervention

One of the frustrating aspects of my investigations into Irhit has been rumors from the Hierion Domain that Ivory knows the details of how Irhit has guided the Editor towards completing the Exode Saga.

According to Yōd, there are very good reasons for not allowing Ivory to pass along all of her knowledge to Earth and the Editor. A balance must be kept that allows the Editor to imagine that he is not a puppet of Irhit and that he has some capacity to exercise free will. The Editor must write about Irhit without knowing if it is Irhit who is actually writing the Exode Saga.
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