(urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned by Rudesind

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You are the model for that character.

Have we worked together?

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>
> Any clue to Inire is worth considering and processed however you see fit.
> Same with speculation on the humanity of other characters.
>
> If Tzdakiel's shapeshifting, Inire's mirrors, Hethor's time traveling
> pets, time traveling ships, Severian as Apu Punchai is all fair game, then
> it stands to reason that Inire, who is CLEARLY controlling the goings on
> of the entire planet, appear in many aspects of Severian's life
> (unknowingly to Severian) to control his journey, instill character
> traits, build the right memories, all so that his final test on Yesod
> comes off successful.
>
> If Zak can change from a strange dwarf thing to a furry monster. Could
> Inire change from a red wizened ape who could be a man, into Inire, into
> Fechin, into Rudesind? If he IS doing these things, and spying on
> Severian's journey, isn't that important?
>
> How is that not important to at least consider? Disagreeing with it is one
> thing, disregarding this speculation out of hand seems to be a bit brash.
>
> ...ryan
>
>
> On Jul 7, 2010, at 11:49 AM, António Pedro Marques wrote:
>> I'll have to ask yet again - clues to *what*, please? IF some of the
>> characters that appear throughout the book are Inire in disguise, then
>> what? What happens? What doors open? What new understanding of the story
>> is enabled? What's the net worth of such a knowledge? What is it that we
>> don't grasp about the book that we'd begin to grasp that way? No one has
>> answered this so far.
>>
>> It's as if we posited that Watson's second wife was in fact Mary
>> Morstan's cousin. What would that contribute to the story?
>
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