<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Nicholas Jost wrote:<br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">>> 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>> Typhon had been revived before Little Sev died. That's how he knew Sev had<br>> the Claw. He said he was watching when Sev tried to use it to bring back the<br>> boy.<br>><br>> -Roy<br><br>Assuming Typhoon isn't lying through his teeth, how does that effect my theory? Since:<br>Lil' Sev dies and then Big Sev tries to resurrect? If Typhoon is brought back via the <br>sacrifice and has access to a good old fashioned security camera his story pans out. I'm <br>not finding a temporal issue here.<br><br>Nicholas Jost<br></div></div>
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