From: "Lee Berman" <severiansola at hotmail.com> > (on a side note, how did Baldanders gain the ability to breathe under > water? Some have pointed to evidence that he met up with an undine at > the end of shadow and that was the mysterious incident at the gate. He has gills: Severian notices strange scars on his neck when he sleeps with him in the inn. - Gerry Quinn