What might become of Ouen?

b sharp · 07 May 2006, 03:37 · from 2006-May.txt.gz

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From: bsharporflat at hotmail.com (b sharp)
Date: Sat, 06 May 2006 23:37:04 -0400
Subject: (urth) What might become of Ouen?
Message-ID: <BAY103-F768B4BE1B493BCFE4471DD7AB0 at phx.gbl>

At the risk of cluttering the list with my own issues, I'll toss this small 
one in the ring.  Just before Severian drops off Ouen at the house where 
Dorcas is mourning he tells him "We will not tell you who you are" "And we 
cannot tell you what you may become".

What might Ouen become? My unfortunately vulgar and simple mind can only 
think Severian is saying "you might become an MF as I have been a GMF". 
Someone please tell me that's not it!

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