Schrödinger's Rockcat: Quantum Ghosts, Derrida and Hauntology
In Chapter XLII and XLIII, Womba and her small band encounter a giant sea-snake on their voyage to the Ylflands in a Homer-esque encounter, a meeting of bold voyagers versus grisly denizens of the deep. With characteristic gusto, the Ulfish warrior Ffreow throws himself into the fight and Womba bravely backs him up - only to be overcome by the beast's lethal venomous breath. So ends Chapter XLII. As XLIII begins, Womba awakens on the shore, 3 days after the events with the sea snake, finding herself stretched out on sunny sand and friends gathered around her. "Who heals the healers?" asks Gifli, as Womba is herself a renowned healer, and it seems Gifli is too, having patched up a battered Gerthild as well. As Womba gets her head straight, her memories return: while out cold, she had a dream. Or perhaps something more: "...her dreams of torment, twisted thoughts, and scenes of terror filled her mind: a broken path, of blood and bones, and jagged upthrust rocks beneat