The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned by Rudesind

David Stockhoff · 08 Jul 2010, 02:57 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:57:43 -0400
Subject: (urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned by
	Rudesind
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I don''t think any cover story would be needed at all. Do you refer to this:

"This isn't the Citadel," I reminded him again. "How did you come to be 
here,
anyway? Did they bring you here to clean these?"
"That's right. That's right." He leaned on my arm. "There's a logical
explanation for everything, and don't you forget it. That must have been the
way. Father Inire wanted me to clean his, so here I am." He paused, 
considering.
"Wait a bit, I've got it wrong. I had talent as a boy, that's what I'm 
supposed
to say. My parents, you know, always encouraged me, and I'd draw for 
hours. I
recollect one time I spent all one sunny day sketching in chalk on the 
back of
our house."
. . .
I asked Rudesind who it was who had told him he must tell me about his 
childhood.
"Why, Father Inire," he said, cocking his head up to look at me. "Who do you
suppose?"

I take this as some direction Inire gave him upon posting him as a 
lookout for Severian. But it would explain the mention of Fechin, who is 
after all not a saint.

Could this also be a clue?

Saint Rudesind: Born in Galicia, Spain, in 907 to a noble family, he was 
appointed bishop <http://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=1918> 
of Mondonedo at the age of eighteen and against his personal wishes.

Jeff Wilson wrote:
>> Meaning, returning from the past. Right?
>>     
>
> Sure. I'm not too sure how much of a cover story would be needed, though.
> Tzadkiel's sailors don't seem to treat their time-travel like a deep dark
> secret, and Rudesind doesn't seem the type who could be coutned on to keep
> it, unless he somehow didn't know it himself. But he had to have been told
> something to account for the change in the moon, besides "we do things
> differently in South America."
>
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