<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>So I was re-reading Shadow, and noticed something I had previously written off...</div><div><br></div>"I slapped her wrist, perhaps harder than I should, and she flew at me, clawing for my eyes as Thecla used sometimes to do when she could no longer bear the thoughts of imprisonment and pain. I pushed her away - not into a chair this time but against the wall. <b>Her head struck the stone, and though it must have been padded by her abundant hair, the sound was as sharp as the tap of a mason's hammer.</b>"<div>(Shadow of the Torturer, Chap. 29, Agilus)</div><div><br></div><div>That last line. Her head hitting the stone. The tap of a mason's hammer would be very tinny and unusual of a human skull, don't you think?</div><div><br></div><div>Am I reading into this line too much, or might this be a clue as to the nature of these odd twins and their masks upon masks?</div><div><br></div><div>...ryan</div></body></html>