(urth) Is Agia a Robot?

[brunians at brunians.org]

And your point?

Chems.

Not mechs.

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>> From: David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net>
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> [...]
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>> Are Agila and Agia sex robots?
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> Severian failed to notice (or say anything about) any unusual features
> revealed by decapitating Agilus.  He mentions blood, though.
>
> And since Agilus is presumably not a robot, it seems very strange Agia
> looks so much like him, unless they're human brother and sister.
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> Also, Agia is capable of turning pale (beginning of Ch. XXIII of
> /Shadow/).  That would be real attention to detail in a robot.
>
> People suggest below that Agia is Hethor's lost paracoita.  However,
> Severian doesn't mention the purple eyes that Hethor describes.
>
> Ryan Dunn wrote:
>> Could explain her single-mindedness and the lengths she went to. She IS
>> responsible for much of Severian's story arc early in the story, no?
>>
>> ...ryan
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>> On Jun 17, 2010, at 1:56 PM, Paul B <pb.stuff at gmail.com
>> <mailto:pb.stuff at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>> I suppose a relevant backdrop to this entire discussion might be "even
>>> if she were, what does it matter?"   The calde of Saltus /could/ be a
>>> clone of Typhon living out his life in blissful ignorance - but does
>>> that change anything as far as the story is concerned? My sense is that
>>> it doesn't - Agia can be a robot, a vampire slug, even a Hierodule if
>>> you really want her to be.  It's the behavior of the characters that's
>>> important, not their creature type.  That only seems to matter insofar
>>> as it might help explain their behavior - does her being a robot
>>> explain anything?  I don't think so.
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:danldo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hethor's paracoita. I am not convinced of this but could be.
>>>
>>>     On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 10:39 AM, John Watkins
>>>     <john.watkins04 at gmail.com <mailto:john.watkins04 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>     > I'm lost.  The girl in the box?
>>>     >
>>>     > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:38 PM, <brunians at brunians.org
>>>     <mailto:brunians at brunians.org>> wrote:
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Not only is Hethor attracted to robots.
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Agia was the girl in the box.
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