(urth) Is Agia a Robot?

[brunians at brunians.org]

The sex doll got on top.

Kinky!

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> "M-m-master, when I was on the Quasar I had a paracoita, a doll, you see,
> a genicon, so beautiful with her great pupils as dark as wells, her i-
> irises purple like asters or pansies blooming in summer, Master, whole
> beds of them, I thought, had b-been gathered to make those eyes, that
> flesh that always felt sun-warmed. Wh-wh-where is she now, my own
> scopolagna, my poppet? Let h-h-hooks be buried in the hands that took her!
> Crush them, Master, beneath stones. Where has she gone from the lemon-wood
> box I made for her, where she never slept at all, for she lay with me all
> night, not in the box, the lemon-wood box where she waited all day,
> watch-and-watch, Master, smiling when I laid her in so she might smile
> when I drew her out. How soft her hands were, her little hands. Like
> d-d-doves. She might have flown with them about the cabin had she not
> chosen instead to lie with me."
>
> (Hethor's rant in SotT, Chap. 30, Night)
>
> .
>
> And it is verified this poppet may be Agia, in the following passages....
>
> .
>
> "Do you see rings or earrings? A silver lamia twined about my neck? Are my
> arms constricted with circlets of gold? If not, you may safely assume I
> have no officer of the Household Troops for my paramour. There's an old
> sailor, ugly and poor, who presses me to live with him."
>
> (Agia to Severian in SotT, Chap. 19, Botanic Gardens)
>
> .
>
> "Everything you suspect is true - is that enough? I will be dead tomorrow,
> and shewill wed the old man who dotes on her, or someone else. I wanted
> her to do it sooner."
>
> (Agilus on Agia in SotT, Chap. XX, Agilus)
>
> .
>
> "...you were trying to kill me before Saltus."
>
> "With the avern. Yes, of course."
>
> "And afterward. Agia, I know who Hethor is."
>
> I waited for her to reply, but she said nothing.
>
> "On the day we met, you told me there was an old sailor who wanted you to
> live with him. Old and ugly and poor, you called him, and I could not
> understand why you, a lovely young woman, should even consider his offer
> when you were not actually starving. You had your twin to protect you, and
> a little money coming in from the shop."
>
> It was my turn to be surprised. She said, "I should have gone to him and
> mastered him. I have mastered him now."
>
> (Severian and Agia in SotL, Chap. 15, He Is Ahead of You!)
>
> .
>
> ...ryan
>
>
>
> On Jun 18, 2010, at 10:36 AM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:
>
>> It's one of Hethor's rants, where he goes on and on about his paracoita.
>
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