What is the lifespan of a Piersons Puppeteer?
We cannot find a definitive answer, but from looking though various Known Space sources, we have concluded that Pierson’s Puppeteers live a very long time: Louis Wu, age 243, when asked how old the puppeteer Hindmost was, said “Even guessing makes my head hurt.” REFERENCES ~~~~~~~~~~ [Tunesmith of the Night People (ghouls) asked] “…you’re a thousand falans old? How old is the Web Dweller?” [Louis replied] “Even guessing makes my head hurt.” ~~~~~~~~~~ –The Ringworld Throne chapter 11 (hardback p. 167) ~~~~~~~~~~ [Hanuman, a Hanging People protector, thought] Louis Wu had chosen Tunesmith. Did that make him bright enough to trust? The big hairy alien was a youth; he’d have little to say. The two-headed one was as old as seas and mountains…. ~~~~~~~~~~ –Ringworld’s Children chapter 5 (hardback p. 67) ~~~~~~~~~~ The Hindmost dreamed… He dreamed that he was young again. That was so long ago that all detail had been smoothed from his mind, and he only remembered a generic sense of b
