Abaia and the undines

Mark Millman · 12 Dec 2008, 17:15 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: markjmillman at gmail.com (Mark Millman)
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:15:18 -0500
Subject: (urth) Abaia and the undines
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Folks,

On Friday 12 December 2008, David Stockhoff wrote:

> . . . an aquastor who presumably is immortal

I don't know where this idea got its start, but I don't believe that
there's any reason at all to believe that aquastors are immortal.
Severian certainly gets his body replaced often enough; but it seems
that between replacements, he ages and suffers injuries like anybody
else.

Best,

Mark Millman

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