(urth) Severa

[Gerry Quinn]

From: David Stockhoff 


> On 12/4/2011 10:24 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:

> > And probably not all Latinate names can be associated with saints of 
> > both genders.

> Absolutely not---it's one reason why I think there _is_ something there.

> > > What's convoluted about it?

> > The explanation? Just that the torturers take the trouble to select a 
> > twin’s name for the boy, but then say nothing to the witches. 
> > [Assuming it’s a name indicative of a twin, obviously. Perhaps there’s 
> > nothing there.]

> IT'S NOT A "TWIN'S NAME." 

Surely the fact of it being one of the Latinate names that can be associated with saints of either gender makes it a twins’ name in BotNS?  Of course it doesn’t have to be restricted to twins, but it’s a natural possibility.

> And why would they talk to the witches at all, ever?

To say they have a baby girl for them.  And for whatever reason Severian was sent to the Witches Tower.  Damp-proofing in the cellars of nearby towers, who knows...

- Gerry Quinn

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