(urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned byRudesind

[David Stockhoff]

That is an example of what  I was trying to say with my principle of 
minimal explanation.

But to respond, I guess the obvious answer is: to hide the plan from 
Severian, who might take advantage of it, or fail, or just run away.

António Pedro Marques wrote:
> Ryan Dunn wrote (08-07-2010 07:26):
>
>> Their entire mission is to get the damn sun back, and Severian turns
>> himself into a puppet with Inire's time traveling help. That, to me, is
>> the shell of the nut that we are trying to crack.
>
> The more power and intentions you give to Inire, the more it becomes 
> unclear why he'd need such convoluted steps to reach his goals.
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