<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Could explain her single-mindedness and the lengths she went to. She IS responsible for much of Severian's story arc early in the story, no?<br><br>...ryan</div><div><br>On Jun 17, 2010, at 1:56 PM, Paul B <<a href="mailto:pb.stuff@gmail.com">pb.stuff@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I suppose a relevant backdrop to this entire discussion might be "even if she were, what does it matter?" The calde of Saltus /could/ be a clone of Typhon living out his life in blissful ignorance - but does that change anything as far as the story is concerned? <br>
My sense is that it doesn't - Agia can be a robot, a vampire slug, even a Hierodule if you really want her to be. It's the behavior of the characters that's important, not their creature type. That only seems to matter insofar as it might help explain their behavior - does her being a robot explain anything? I don't think so.<br>
<br>Paul<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danldo@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:danldo@gmail.com">danldo@gmail.com</a></a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hethor's paracoita. I am not convinced of this but could be.<br>
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> I'm lost. The girl in the box?<br>
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>> Not only is Hethor attracted to robots.<br>
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