Vigdis Skaugstad
Names: Vigdis SkaugstadVigdisDr. Skaugstad
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 36 (14)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
B4
What you know
Book 1: Intervention
- Ch 36Vigdis is a thirty-six-year-old visiting research fellow from the University of Oslo and a psychocreativity specialist who mentors Lucille; her own psychic talents are unexceptional.
- Ch 36Vigdis's normal husband Egil divorced her after she became operant; she warns Lucille that operants are permanently alienated from normal attachments.
Connections
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 36Lucille and Minou materialize a mouse
In a controlled test, Lucille and the kitten Minou jointly create a mouse simulacrum that gains measurable mass and is pounced on by Minou, confirming a human-animal metaconcert.
- Book 1 · Ch 36Lucille frightens the cats
Upset by her parents' disapproval and by Vigdis's warning that normals cannot truly love operants, Lucille unintentionally triggers her creativity and terrifies all the cats in the Cat House.