... or because they are chemical?<br clear="all">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 10:11 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brunians@brunians.org">brunians@brunians.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Gene calls robots 'chems'.<br>
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Does he call them that because they are mechanical?<br>
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> Agia is definitely a robot, and of a particularly expensive kind. But<br>
> she was initially human. We can actually pinpoint the moment her<br>
> robofication begins, when Severian sees her outside the rag shop:<br>
><br>
> She wore a pavonine brocade gown of amazing richness and raggedness,<br>
> and as I watched her, the sun touched a rent just below her waist,<br>
> turning the skin there to palest gold.<br>
> TSOTT, chapter XVI<br>
><br>
> Dorcas is also a robot:<br>
><br>
> 'He wears armor,' Dorcas called again. 'This man has not even a<br>
> shirt.' Her voice, always so soft before, rang in the twilight like a<br>
> bell.<br>
> TSOTT, chapter XXVII<br>
><br>
> Bells are metal, just like hammers. How much more of a clue do you<br>
> need? Of course, she's also Severian's grandmother so it follows that<br>
> he is a robot too.<br>
><br>
> Brunians wrote:<br>
>> She and her brother are associated with Hethor, a sailor.<br>
>><br>
>> They are ship's robots.<br>
><br>
> That must be why all those cogs and wires fell out when Severian cut<br>
> Agilus's head off.<br>
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