(urth) Is Agia a Robot?

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

This is getting ridiculous.

Agila must be human -- she has to be related to Severian -- after all,
he's sexually attracted to her...

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Ryan Dunn <ryan at liftingfaces.com> wrote:
> Yes. And he made a point to say it made this sound DESPITE her abundant head
> of hair.
>
> I just can't help but wonder, ESP when coupled with Agilus's second mask.
>
> Anywho.
>
> ...ryan
>
> On Jun 17, 2010, at 11:42 AM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:
>
>> Have you ever heard someone fall down and hit their head?
>>
>> It does not sound like the description.
>>
>> .
>>
>>
>>> From: Ryan Dunn <ryan at liftingfaces.com>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> 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?
>>>
>>> Interesting question, but it says the sound is as "sharp" as the tap of a
>>> mason's hammer, not that it sounds the same in all ways.  I took this to
>>> mean that the sound has a sudden attack and decay, since it's between two
>>> hard surfaces, despite the apparent padding.  It's horrifying.  But I
>>> don't see it as suggesting a metallic sound.
>>>
>>> Jerry Friedman
>>>
>>>
>>>
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