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[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

On 8/30/06, Tony Ellis <tonyellis69 at btopenworld.com> wrote:
> In any case, as Roy says, the penultimate Autarch needn't have
> been gone any time at all.

No, you're quite right; he could have been gone from three seconds
to three decades, or less, or more. But the point is not to argue that
the Penult _did_ skip a couple of decades; it's  simply that he _could_
have, and so his apparent age is not an overwhelming argument for
his not being Appian, even if (as I believe)  there's no life-extension
technology available to the Commonwealth.

> Why should Tzadkiel and co risk the Commonwealth
> falling to the armies of Erebus in his absence when they are masters of
> time travel, and can bring him back the day after he left?

I don't particularly see this as a risk -- not only is Father Inire
perfectly capable of keeping things going without the Autarch,
the Penult is a double agent for Erebus (via Vodalus) ... or
something.

-- 
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, writer, trainer, bon vivant
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