Severian's Phraseology...

Ryan Dunn · 04 Dec 2010, 04:42 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: ryan at liftingfaces.com (Ryan Dunn)
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 23:42:57 -0500
Subject: (urth) Severian's Phraseology...
Message-ID: <09971650-9298-47D5-A890-6DDE0D7901ED at liftingfaces.com>

Anyone else wonder why Severian as Autarch consistently refers to the collective "we" when talking to others?

"Our memories never fade."

"We are going to keep this."

etc.

And yet, Severian the Narrator, never does this.

Anyone else find this peculiar?

...ryan

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