(urth) Jolenta the beautiful via Talos

[David DiGiacomo]

>It had always seemed to me that a good deal of her 
>attractiveness came from the confidence that she gained under Talos.

Severian sees "wires and bands of metal" that were placed under Jolenta's
flesh.  Why would Talos bother with that if he could make her beautiful
with a "glamor" or by raising her self esteem?

What I have always wondered is where Talos took her to perform this
invasive surgery, and how she recovered so quickly.  I suppose it's
possible that the flying saucer descended and Talos did the work in there,
but it would have been conspicuous, to say the least.