(urth) Monkey business

David Stockhoff dstockhoff at verizon.net
Mon Jul 12 19:23:31 PDT 2010


And could he climb ladders like a monkey? I suppose we'll never know.

Jeff Wilson wrote:
> On 7/12/2010 6:29 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
>> I agree.
>>
>> One comment though---I thought Rudesind was tall because of his long
>> limbs, but you're right---he's average to short. Severian is tall but
>> not that tall.
>>
>> However, those long limbs and short height do create a problem. He
>> doesn't sound human. How is it possible to have long arms/legs/feet and
>> yet be short?
>
> "When I admitted I did not, he scrambled down from the ladder like an 
> aged monkey, seeming all arms and legs and wrinkled neck; his hands 
> were as long as my feet, the crooked fingers laced with blue veins."
>
> He may simply have a short torso, by birth, osteoporosis, or both. 
> I've seen such an older man around the town where I live who was 
> barely five feet tall but still able to ride an adult-sized tricycle. 
> He would come in to pay on his account at the Sears where I worked 
> years ago, and when he waiting stationary in line I noticed his 
> fingertips nearly reached his knees, a common simian detail.
>



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