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[James Wynn]

>>>>> Maybe FI is actually a permutation of another word/phrase...
>>>> Fenrir
>>> Why?
>> Plenty of reasons potentially. He's a wolf which would appeal to the
>> author. Additionally, he's destined to be chained to rock until the end
>> of the world. You don't think F. Inire likes his post do you? Stuck on a
>> backward planet tweaking the pointless politics of the Autarchs.
>
> He could leave at any time via the mirrors, or take a vacation of most 
> any length via the Atrium or the Botanic Gardens. Severian thinks he 
> has taken the post voluntarily: "We know your master is what the 
> people call a cacogen, and that for whatever reason, he is one of 
> those few who have chosen to cast their lots entirely with humanity, 
> remaining on Urth as a human being." Citadel, XXXV

Hm...let me make a distinction in terms: "chained to a rock", not 
"marooned" there. And by associating Fr Inire with Fenrir, I do not 
intend to say that Fr Inire was captured and forced to stay on Urth by 
some means physical means.

"Chose _for whatever reason_" includes choices based on very limited 
options...including no real options at all. Sure, he was *physically* 
able leave at any time (perhaps) or travel to a better Time, but the 
very word "hierodule" (Heiro slave or Heiro robot) suggests that any 
"choice", for him is a highly qualified term.  Anyway, it's hard for me 
to imagine Father Inire taking two weeks off to hang at an off-planet 
resort.

Does Severian's statement here imply that he didn't KNOW at the time Fr 
Inire's reasons for being stationed on Urth? Or only a decision not to 
"get in to it" with Rudesind?

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