<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Well doesn't Severian mate with Apheta? I'm not sure inner-species mating would be my main objection to Inire as Boatman.</div><div><br></div><div>Unless the corridors of time can create X amount of instances of Inire's and Severian's, of course.</div><div><br></div><div>He is Father Inire and yet not, to my knowledge, a priest. Anyone for Inire as Increate?</div><div><br></div><div>:)<br><br>...ryan</div><div><br>On Dec 4, 2010, at 10:22 AM, Son of Witz <<a href="mailto:Sonofwitz@butcherbaker.org">Sonofwitz@butcherbaker.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Dec 4, 2010, at 1:55 AM, Jeff Wilson <<a href="mailto:jwilson@io.com"><a href="mailto:jwilson@io.com">jwilson@io.com</a></a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 12/4/2010 3:46 AM, Lee Berman wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>But the main point of objection for Boatman=Inire is that Boatman is eventually revealed to be</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Dorcas' husband. How could an alien mate with a human? And why? Also, the problem is that</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Severian is Dorcas' grandson so this implies that Severian is part alien. HOw could that be?</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>I think the main point of objection is that the Boatman visibly *dies* ten years before the Book mentions Inire is still around.</span></blockquote></blockquote><div></div></body></html>