Abaia & co.

Daniel D Jones · 19 May 2006, 22:17 · from 2006-May.txt.gz

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From: ddjones at riddlemaster.org (Daniel D Jones)
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 18:17:40 -0400
Subject: (urth) Abaia & co.
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On Friday 19 May 2006 12:02, Macronaut wrote:
> Since everyone is on the subject of Megatherians these
> days, did anyone ever solve the mystery of what the
> giant walking thing was in the Saltus mine?  Our only
> clues, as I recall, were:
>
> 1) it took steps (or at least flopped around loudly)
> 2) the man-apes were afraid of it (and therefore
> seemed to have some idea what it was)
> 3) Severian thinks "he now knows what it was".
>
> Didn't he also ask Jonas about it, who had some idea
> but wouldn't say?

I always thought it was a Talus, but I can't recall at the moment what 
convinced me of that.

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