(urth) Close Reading: Torturer Chapter 1

[David Duffy]

Not actually in Chapter 1, and previously discussed on the list -- the
epigram.  Severian is the watchman holding the shortest watch?

The pistol as a theme or symbol: something so precious, uncommon and
completely destructive.  (Later, bringing in VanVogtian descriptions of
ravening energies ;))  Giving a pistol to another to care for the woman
you love.

David Duffy.