(urth) Is Agia a Robot?

[brunians at brunians.org]

Which do you think is more likely, Wilson?

This is not my turn, by the way.

This is an ordinary question.

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> On 6/17/2010 1:54 AM, Ryan Dunn wrote:
>> So I was re-reading Shadow, and noticed something I had previously
>> written off...
>>
>> "I slapped her wrist, perhaps harder than I should, and she flew at me,
>> clawing for my eyes as Thecla used sometimes to do when she could no
>> longer bear the thoughts of imprisonment and pain. I pushed her away -
>> not into a chair this time but against the wall. *Her head struck the
>> stone, and though it must have been padded by her abundant hair, the
>> sound was as sharp as the tap of a mason's hammer.*"
>> (Shadow of the Torturer, Chap. 29, Agilus)
>>
>> That last line. Her head hitting the stone. The tap of a mason's hammer
>> would be very tinny and unusual of a human skull, don't you think?
>>
>> Am I reading into this line too much, or might this be a clue as to the
>> nature of these odd twins and their masks upon masks?
>
> Perhaps she has a plate in her head? Sev's comments on Jonas indicate
> that functional prosthetics are not particularly remarkable in the
> Commonwealth.
>
> Or she could just have a sturdy, thick skull that makes a dull clicking
> noise like this mason's hammer:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_LAumupL2U&feature=related
>
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