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Rest assured that I found it equally disturbing! (And I wasn't so sure about Oreb...) Now that I've had time to think about it, though, I'm really interested to see what Silk does next. How does he react to his world crashing into pieces? Does he come to understand that the Outsider is a spiritual God, and not at all like the programs in Mainframe? Does he come to a better understanding of Love (and that Hyacinth isn't its embodiment?)
I think Silk loved Hyacinth as a woman, and not as the embodiment of a principle or a goddess. It is Horn's opinion that Hyacinth was unworthy of Silk's love, and even if Silk himself believed that, I doubt he would consider that a valid reason to stop loving her. I am reminded of the scene in Shadow where Master Paelamon give's Severian Terminus Est. Silk would understand that Hyacinth believed that he didn't deserve her love, and regard that as an equally valid, perhaps more valid, point of view. Recall his defense of the Trigivantes.
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