(urth) Corundum of the Claw

[Jane Delawney]

On 24/06/10 18:20, Sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org wrote:
> It had to be a torturer to deliver the death stroke that brought new life. No one else would obey. Everyone else prefers to save themselves and cling to their attachments like children.  Severian did a difficult, necessary, and beautiful thing.
>
> ~witz
>    
to me that little tag, 'torturers obey', is the key to the entire BOTNS 
'mythos'.

there are other 'mythic' structures in which obedience is perceived as 
the prime virtue. It's even an oath for some.

jd