<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b></font><br>From: Jeff Wilson <<a ymailto="mailto:jwilson@io.com" href="mailto:jwilson@io.com">jwilson@io.com</a>><br><br>Typhon's resurrection by Severian is not reasonably believable as a <br>biological process, and I certainly did not casually accept it as one <br>when I first read the books, or the third time. But it is just as <br>believable as the result of Severian's time-bending superpowers as any <br>other resurrection in the books.<br>************************************<br><br>Why is it always assumed that Severian brought him back?
There<br>is none of the mythic special effects around his contact with Typhon.<br>However, there is a blood sacrifice and associated special effects<br>when Little Sev dies. On my reading I always assumed that the<br>"magic" ring sucked down Little Sev's soul and used it to power<br>the monster Typhon. Its not like we don't have soul sucking<br>monsters in these stories with meta-physic complications<br>running around. Little Sev dies and Typhoon rises. The <br>dragon done ate 'im.<br><br>Nicholas Jost<br></div></div>
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