Corundum of the Claw

Jane Delawney · 25 Jun 2010, 00:32 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: jane_delawney at sky.com (Jane Delawney)
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:32:22 +0100
Subject: (urth) Corundum of the Claw
In-Reply-To: <6924F96B-7876-4037-A74F-7A9721E951C8 at butcherbaker.org>
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On 24/06/10 18:20, Sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org wrote:
> It had to be a torturer to deliver the death stroke that brought new life. No one else would obey. Everyone else prefers to save themselves and cling to their attachments like children.  Severian did a difficult, necessary, and beautiful thing.
>
> ~witz
>    
to me that little tag, 'torturers obey', is the key to the entire BOTNS 
'mythos'.

there are other 'mythic' structures in which obedience is perceived as 
the prime virtue. It's even an oath for some.

jd

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