(urth) Abaia and the undines

[Son of Witz]

On Dec 12, 2008, at 7:01 AM, David Stockhoff wrote:

> Witz wrote:
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> Though his portrait as Autarch is horribly scarred, at least on the  
> coin.
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> Said you gave him a chrisos like none he'd seen." "He may return it,  
> if he wishes. Do you want to see one of our coins?" ...
> I passed a chrisos across the table. He examined it, bit it, and  
> gave it back to me. "Gold all right. Looks a trifle like you, 'cept  
> he seems to have got himself cut up. Don't suppose you noticed."
> The Chrisos Severian has is from his reign, one Idas brought with  
> when he boarded along with Sev. unless I'm mistaken.
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> If Severian returns significantly more cut up than when he left,  
> that would also explain why Valeria weeps, but not why he was  
> depicted that way in the House Absolute.


I don't follow.  he's scarred about the time he becomes Autarch. so  
when he reigns in the House Absolute, he's scarred.
when he returns later, he's fixed, but he has a smaller new/different  
scar from his fight with the Monarch's guards, but that happens after  
the Chrisos scene above.