<html><head><base href="x-msg://44/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Possibly, though Severian seems to identify Inire as an individual on more than one occasion, calling him one of his few friends on Urth.<div><br></div><div>I think there's something to the theory of the Curators, who show up where Inire may have some influence, being potentially otherworldly, or non-human. Ultan's library, the pinakotheken, the botanic gardens, etc.</div><div><br></div><div>...ryan</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jul 27, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Edward cotton wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Following from my previous posts - maybe Rudesind is one of the few<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span> </span>Cacogens who joined humanity and worked with the Autarchs over the years.</font></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">And Father Inire is a catch all term for the intelligence gathering service - or members of (I seem to remember notes and/or reports being associated with Father Inire).<span> </span></font></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span></span>Rudesind, Autarch and 'Father Inire' plotting, manipulating and keeping things as they need to be.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span> </span>The Father, The Sun, and the Holy Ghost. I am ready for rotten tomatoes.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><br><hr>De nouvelles Emoticones sur Messenger ?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/FRM/go/240124507/direct/01/" target="_new">Téléchargez gratuitement les émoticônes Summer !</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>_______________________________________________<br>Urth Mailing List<br>To post, write<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:urth@urth.net">urth@urth.net</a><br>Subscription/information:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.urth.net">http://www.urth.net</a></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>