<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Lee Berman <severiansola@hotmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "urth@urth.net" <urth@urth.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, July 31, 2013 9:48 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> (urth) Time, Not Cloning<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><br><br>Perhaps the unstable matter is drawn from another universe/timeline or
something<br>but I think Severian's own mind is the pattern source for the eidolon body.<br><br><br><br>Yes. My assumption has always been that this unstable matter comes from Yesod, i.e., a "higher" universe, since the Otherworld/Land of the Dead is where ghosts and such come from, and since Yesod obviously controls it this matter. But a ghost could come from anywhere if the gods will it.<br></div> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>