(urth) spatial temporal rules of astral travel

[Gerry Quinn]

From: "Lee Berman" <severiansola at hotmail.com>>
>
>>Son o'Witz: Well, his act still gives humanity the chance to live on. 
>>Whether they will be enslaved,
>>or an improved humanity is an open question. Severian's role does not seem 
>>to be to destroy these titans.
>
> Witz, this reminds me that I've been operating on a few assumptions about 
> Ushas which may need to be
> questioned. I'm thinking you are saying that the only purpose of 
> Severian's efforts was the simple and
> obviousneed to fix the sun.
>
> An assumption for many has been that the sun was deliberately broken, the 
> black hole placed in its center
> (presumably by hierogrammates) because of the presence of Typhon or the 
> Megatherians or some combination.
> So the fixing of the sun must involve the removal of such creatures if it 
> is to have a real purpose.
>
> But this interpretation need not be the case. Do you operate without it, 
> holding the black hole in the sun
> to be a natural event?

I can't speak for Son o'Witz, but I think the black hole was placed as a 
consequence of the actions of Typhon.

Typhon is long gone, and his successors operate differently, at least 
insofar as interstellar politics is concerned.

- Gerry Quinn