(urth) Is Agia a robot?

[brunians at brunians.org]

Wilson, be courteous to Mr Dunn.

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On 6/18/2010 12:34 AM, Ryan Dunn wrote:
>>
>> Or what about:
>>
>> Agilus as cacogen (hierodule?), and Agia as robot clone.
>
>
> Dude, top posting and not-trimming quoted material makes the baby
> Theoanthropos cry.
>
>
>>> Also, have you guys already discussed what were the runes and
>>> strange
>> maplike design she scrawled into the ground where she had thrown down
>> Severian's orichalk?
>>>
>>> "When I left him, the orichalk was gone. In its place - and no doubt
>> with its edge - a design had been scratched on the filthy stones. It
>> might have been the snarling face of Jurupari, or perhaps a map, and it
>> was wreathed with letters I did not know."
>
> This sounds very much like some folk magic, suggesting Agia is part of a
> mystery cult.
>
>> Or the aureole of light which surrounded Agia and Agilus's joined
>> heads when Severian barged in on them laying naked together
>> face-to-face?
>>
>> "Inside a naked man lay upon straw. A chain ran from the iron collar
>> bout his neck to the wall. A woman, naked too, bent over him, her
>> long, brown hair falling past her face and his so that it seemed to
>> unite them."
>>
>> "He stared at his hands, slender and rather soft, where they lay in
>  > the narrow beam of sunlight that had given his head, and Agia's, an
>  > aureole a few moments before."
>
> The aureaole is the scattering of the bright sunlight by someone's
> backlit hair, giving a halo effect. Here is a similar effect with a kitty:
>
> http://media.photobucket.com/image/backlit%20afro/caitlinjean/backlit-1.jpg
>
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/29jlag7
>
>
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