Tony Ellis wrote,
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Something born between Yesod and Briah? Ushas, surely?
I thought the "thing born" was something larger, more obvious, with a more direct/literal connection to Severian in the text (i.e., another "myself"), and with more presence throughout the five books . . . the white fountain.
(And apologies to William Ansley and everybody else for my
joke-in-bad-taste on Inire.)
=mantis=