(urth) Is Agia a robot?

[brunians at brunians.org]

Dorcas is small and delicate: she has little hands, I believe that is
mentioned.

Her eyes are close to purple...

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>> From: "brunians at brunians.org" <brunians at brunians.org>
>>
>>> Who has purple eyes in the story?
>>
>> I won't answer that
> because I'm afraid to get into a game with ancient,
>> inviolable
> rules that I don't know.  But if I were to answer it, I'd say
>>
> Thecla and presumably her khaibit.
>>
>>>Does any girl in
> the story have notably small or delicate hands?
>>
>> Here I'd mention Thecla's khaibit.  I'd also say that Thecla has
>>
> "impossibly narrow" hands, which I picture as long and thin, like her
>> body.  You may or may not picture them that way, and however you
> picture
>> them may or may not be what you mean by "small or
> delicate".
>>
>>From: "brunians at brunians.org" <brunians at brunians.org>
>
>>
>>What color are Dorcas' eyes?
>
> "The deep blue of the world-river Uroboros in my dreams" (/SotT/, Ch.
> XXVI).  "Bits of the azure firmament of some hidden world waiting for Man"
> (Ch. XXXV).  Those were the first two references I found.  Are there
> others that suggest anything different?
>
> And what is the purpose of these questions?
>
> I'm changing my answer to Antonio's question.  Maybe Agia and Agilus do
> make their living from avern duels with unwary travelers.  There must be
> some reason we're told twice in /SotT/, Ch. XXV, that Agia's been at the
> Inn of Lost Loves before.
>
> Jerry Friedman
>
>
>
>
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