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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=decanus1284@gmail.com
href="mailto:decanus1284@gmail.com">Larry Miller</A> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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</FONT></STRONG>Severian sees him as a "man" because Piaton is a human.
Typhons head<BR></DIV>
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may closely resemble a human or might even be the head of<BR></DIV>
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human body he possessed so that could explain why Severian<BR></DIV>
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remark upon any alien characteristics. </DIV></DIV>
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don’t see much reason to think he is non-human, though he may be an off-world
human. Sure, he doesn’t have a saint’s name, but then again he made
himself into a monster of sorts (Baldanders may have done the same). His
family appear to be human, and Cilinia, the only other of his family to be
named, bears a saint’s name. He’s apparently human enough to breed with
humans. And nobody suggests he is not human AFAIK.</DIV></DIV>
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His psychic abilities<BR></DIV>
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he does possess any) seem to be quite different than Decuman who<BR></DIV>
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is the only other human who has any mental powers. </DIV></DIV>
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think Decuman was merely the most powerful sorceror in his group, not the only
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His comment<BR></DIV>
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sending his thoughts seem much more in common with the astral<BR></DIV>
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done by the Inhumi and the Neighbors who are not human. It<BR></DIV>
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Typhon engineered abilities akin to his into humans (as in the<BR></DIV>
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of Mucor) later.</DIV></DIV>
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still reckon he is just referring to communications technology here.</DIV></DIV>
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Gerry Quinn</DIV></DIV>
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