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If Zak can change from a strange dwarf thing to a furry monster. Could
Inire change from a red wizened ape who could be a man, into Inire,
into Fechin, into Rudesind? If he IS doing these things, and spying on
Severian's journey, isn't that important?
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<div>Where's the evidence that Inire, in particular, has the same
power-set as Tzadkiel? As I understand is, Tzadkiel is a Hierogrammate
and has certain powers thereby--and it is not even clear that all other
Hierogrammates possess the same powers. Inire seems to be a Hierodule.
Hierodules use illusions to conceal their facial features on occasion,
but they do not appear to have Tzadkiel-esque shapeshifting powers.Is
there evidence that Inire is in fact a Hierogrammate, or that
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Well....if there are reddish furry and monkey signifiers connected to
Inire and lots of random human and non-human characters appearing with
those signifiers, and Inire is never in the same room with those
characters at the same time, then isn't that in itself evidence (albeit
not conclusive) that Inire can shapeshift...and therefore is a
Hierogrammate? I mean, the facts that Clark Kent is never around when
Superman is and that both have a special relationship with Lois
Lane...those don't PROVE that Clark Kent = Superman. But it is evidence
in favor of the theory right?<br>
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Does it deciding that Kent is Superman change the story in any way? I
mean, Superman still has to rescue Lois, right?<br>
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<div class="h5">On Jul 7, 2010, at 11:49 AM, António Pedro Marques
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> I'll have to ask yet again - clues to *what*, please? IF some of
the characters that appear throughout the book are Inire in disguise,
then what? What happens? What doors open? What new understanding of the
story is enabled? What's the net worth of such a knowledge? What is it
that we don't grasp about the book that we'd begin to grasp that way?
No one has answered this so far.<br>
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> It's as if we posited that Watson's second wife was in fact Mary
Morstan's cousin. What would that contribute to the story?<br>
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