(urth) Is Agia a Robot?

[brunians at brunians.org]

> This is getting ridiculous.
>
> Agila must be human --

Why?

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

Oh, that's funny.

Dude.

.

>
> 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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