(urth) Abaia and the undines

[Jeff Wilson]

Mark Millman wrote:

> Yes, it's Severian who is (physically) immortal; thank you for the
> support.  The fact that until he brings the New Sun that immortality
> is by the agency of body-replacement with aquastors seems to have
> confused some people, as there have been several references lately to
> aquastors themselves being immortal, which does not seem to be
> textually supported.

Aquastors begin as machine-sustained images that need not age, but can, as
the machine operator's wish and skill may allow. An aquastor that lasts
long enough to accumulate its own matter via eating, etc. can become
self-sustaining and wean off machine support and thus begin to age and
accumulate scars like a natural individual would.