(urth) More on Juturna

[Jeff Wilson]

pthwndxrclzp wrote:

> Don't know if anyone's mentioned this yet...but do Juturna & Co. 
> necessarily have to possess the power to see the future themselves? What 
> I mean is, couldn't someone or something else (cacogens, Abaia, etc.) 
> have just *told* various Undines pieces of the future? Why do we need to 
> assume the undines have that ability themselves?

Because the undines *demonstrate* it, via

1) Juturna's non-linear personal experiences

2) Juturna's pointing out the time-ward directions of travel to Severian

3) Idas' presence on the time-travelling Ship.

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