(urth) Is Agia a Robot?

[Ryan Dunn]

Okay, I think we're on the same page. If we agree, than there IS a woman on the loose in BotNS, who is a robot.

Otherwise, I don't think Wolfe would have given us SO MUCH description of this missing paracoita.

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HETHOR: "How soft her hands were, her little hands."

SEVERIAN: "The slender figure and delicate features that seemed incongruent in [Agilus] were compelling in her."

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HETHOR: "... that flesh that always felt sun-warmed."

SEVERIAN: "... as I watched her, the sun touched a rent just below her waist, turning the skin there to palest gold."

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Hethor also vows to crush any who may have his poppet ("Let h-h-hooks be buried in the hands that took her!"), and then proceeds to (under urgings from Agia herself) sick his monsters on Severian.

Just sayin'.

...ryan


On Jun 18, 2010, at 3:17 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:

> I was just saying the behavior and appearance of the poppet are completely different from the behavior and appearance of Agia. I think all this can be accounted for without violating anything we know about Urth. Stretching it, maybe, when I propose a ruthless "facedancer" ship's robot in a woman's skin.