(urth) Severa

[David Stockhoff]

On 12/4/2011 3:38 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> *From:* David Stockhoff <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net>
> > 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.

sigh

> > 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...

They send an apprentice or two. Done.