blood of chems

Ash Crill · 18 Jun 2010, 03:54 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: ashcrill at gmail.com (Ash Crill)
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:54:11 +1000
Subject: (urth) blood of chems
Message-ID: <AANLkTim96PYdwpI5BKB3a_PaH2stMl2IAfA-soNreJfq at mail.gmail.com>

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> However, I agree that Agilus, when slaughtered, appears to be flesh and
> blood---a lot of blood. Even if chems have blood, it would smell and
> flow differently. Severian would notice.
>
> Perhaps Agilus and Agia are false names and they are not twins at all,
> one a chem and one a human. This is not as neat as if they were indeed
> twins, but it's plausible---they are deceptive people.
>
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If I remember correctly, chem blood is described in the Long Sun books as
'black fluid' and 'oil' which would rule out Agilus as an android/chem.

I do agree that chems in the Long Sun are the same sort of technology as
Jonas.
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