(urth) Who's Right?

[Son of Witz]

The idea of Palaemon as an Inire is interesting, but his conversation with Severian upon his return as Autarch finds Palaemon enraptured with the story. It does not strike me as the sort of response Inire would have. I think Palaemon was possibly used to steer Severian, at the very least.

On Dec 3, 2010, at 5:02 PM, Ryan Dunn <ryan at liftingfaces.com> wrote:

> Without going too far down the rabbit hole, Palaemon is not only masked as a Master torturer, but his eyes are hidden by a "protruding optical device that permitted him to see".
> 
> And remember, Ossipago has "no eyes at all". Only darkness behind his middle aged man mask.
> 
> In the spirit of "watchers," I can't help but make the remark openly. Sorry.
> 
> ...ryan
> 
> On Dec 3, 2010, at 7:41 PM, Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/3/2010 11:35 AM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
>>> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Ryan Dunn<ryan at liftingfaces.com>  wrote:
>>>> 
>>> 
>>>> But we do know that Inire appears in disguise at least once, right?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Do we? How?
>> 
>> I. Sev acknowledges to Rudesind that Inire is an alien, but living on Urth as a human - disguise #1.
>> 
>> II. Inire's letter mentions he had to travel south by other methods - implying he was in the north.
>> 
>> III. Severian mentions to Rudesind that Inire was with him in the north, attending the old Autarch.
>> 
>> IV. Sev's travelogue mentions a masked man who slipped into the old Autarch's palanquin. The masked man is also small and bent as if with great age, the same as Inire - disguise #2.
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
>> Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
>> < http://www.tamut.edu/CIL >
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