(urth) Father Inire

[David Stockhoff]

On 10/13/2011 9:19 AM, Ryan Dunn wrote:
> On Oct 12, 2011, at 11:55 PM, Jeff Wilson<jwilson at clueland.com>  wrote:
>
>> On 10/12/2011 6:52 PM, Ryan Dunn wrote:
>>> I had also made a case for Inire's time travel twinning, which
>>> conversely allowed Severian to be Conciliator, Apu Punchau, etc.
>>> After all, both he and Severian (and Hethor, for example) walked the
>>> corridors of time
>> When did Hethor and Inire enter the Corridors?
> I am a paranoid reader who thinks Fechin is Inire, for one.
>
> And as the one who built the botanical gardens, inire's wizardly predisposition suggest a mastery of the corridors, and makes it rather easy for me to believe that he not only taught Severian how to use the mirrors, but also traveled through them himself.
Depending on exactly how the mirrors work, time dilation from frequent 
travel through them could explain Inire's stated apparent longevity for 
his short-lived species. Which, btw, could just as well be Homo sapiens 
as far as that goes.
>


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