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Pig said, "Hierax is dead."
I find it interesting that Hierax is dead, but I find it more interesting to wonder how Pig knows this.
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James Wynn: we'd really have to know what the purpose in sending Seawrack was in the first place. Was her purpose solely for Horn? Did Mother decide Horn was a "worshipper" because he killed that pirate woman and caused her to be dumped in the water?
Wow. My interpretation is so different. I think perhaps the "pirate ship" was like the naviscaput in the off-world legend in UotNS. An above-water extrusion of The Mother. I think Horn's shot is what knocked off Seawrack's arm, she also being an extrusion of The Mother. (James do you have a different explanation for Seawrack's arm?). Seawrack's arm seems freshly lost but carefully dressed and healed. I think that occurred via The Mother when she dropped back into the sea. Despite the arm loss she can still swim pretty fast.
As for the purpose in sending Seawrack, I think it is similar to the sending of undines to Severian. There are powers in the sea who have a presentiment of Horn's future and want to be a part of it and/or influence on it.
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I think it is significant that the Narrator does not reconnect with Seawrack in his non-Horn body until the end when the Rajan returns to the Whorl with Marble, Nettle, and Seawrack. (and Oreb, of course). Of course, I'm not sure what the reconnection means any more than I know what the separation means.
There is such a personal, wistful note to the description of these characters. I think there is some reflection of the author's personal life which may not directly tie to the story.