(urth) Is Agia a Robot?

[Ryan Dunn]

Hmm...

I can't help but think that he was explaining the difference between Agia and other women in this passage. And that the strength of her blow sort of sealed the deal for him, and betrayed that she is something more than woman. And not just assassin, I don't think. He already knew that fairly well, with more than three attempts on his life on her hands (oh those soft, delicate hands!).

...ryan


On Jun 18, 2010, at 11:59 AM, António Pedro Marques wrote:

>> "Women and tailors hold the blade beneath the hand, according to the
>> proverb, but Agia stabbed up to open the tripes and catch the heart from
>> below, like an accomplished assassin. I turned only just in time to
>> block her blade with the shutter, and the point drove through the wood to
>> show a glint of steel. The very strength of her blow betrayed her."
>> 
>> (Severian on Agia in SotL, Chap. 15, He Is Ahead of You!)
>> 
>> .
>> 
>> The strength betrayed what? That she was not a woman?
> 
> Not necessarily - 'betrayed' as in the way something you rely on ends up
> being counterproductive. In this case, putting her in a disavatageous position. Well, I supoose that's a possible reading, at least. I don't know, I'm no anglo.