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  "thread": {
    "id": 4586,
    "subject": "What might become of Ouen?",
    "messages": 2,
    "voices": 2,
    "first": "2006-05-07T03:37:04+00:00",
    "last": "2006-05-07T05:53:22+00:00"
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      "message_id": "<BAY103-F768B4BE1B493BCFE4471DD7AB0@phx.gbl>",
      "from": {
        "name": "b sharp",
        "address": "bsharporflat at hotmail.com"
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      "date": "2006-05-07T03:37:04+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) What might become of Ouen?",
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          "text": "At the risk of cluttering the list with my own issues, I'll toss this small \none in the ring.  Just before Severian drops off Ouen at the house where \nDorcas is mourning he tells him \"We will not tell you who you are\" \"And we \ncannot tell you what you may become\".\n\nWhat might Ouen become? My unfortunately vulgar and simple mind can only \nthink Severian is saying \"you might become an MF as I have been a GMF\". \nSomeone please tell me that's not it!"
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      "message_id": "<716A65B7-3820-4778-B52C-32808C28AC14@io.com>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Adam Thornton",
        "address": "adam at io.com"
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      "date": "2006-05-07T05:53:22+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) What might become of Ouen?",
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          "text": "On May 6, 2006, at 10:37 PM, b sharp wrote:\nAt the risk of cluttering the list with my own issues, I'll toss  \nthis small\none in the ring.  Just before Severian drops off Ouen at the house  \nwhere\nDorcas is mourning he tells him \"We will not tell you who you are\"  \n\"And we\ncannot tell you what you may become\".\n\nWhat might Ouen become? My unfortunately vulgar and simple mind can  \nonly\nthink Severian is saying \"you might become an MF as I have been a  \nGMF\".\nSomeone please tell me that's not it!"
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          "text": "I think that's unnecessarily creepy.  Do we have any reason to  \nbelieve that Severian can see Ouen's future?\n\nI always took this to have its obvious meaning, \"I will not tell you  \nyou are the Autarch's father, and what you may become is a matter of  \nyour own free will.\"\n\nAdam"
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