Severa

David Stockhoff · 05 Dec 2011, 01:18 · from 2011-December.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:18:58 -0500
Subject: (urth) Severa
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On 12/4/2011 7:15 PM, Andrew Mason wrote:
> Lee Berman wrote:
>
> We have some evidence regarding this- Upon their meeting, Merryn comments on "this man in fuligin".
>
> The Cumaean explains, "he is but a torturer". Is Merryn, a Citadel resident, really so ignorant?
> The context of this is important. Jolenta cries out 'Doctor!' The
> Cumaean says 'She seeks her lover', and Merryn replies 'Who is not
> this man in fuligin, then?', i,e. 'Oh - so this man in fuligin isn't
> her lover?'. So I don't think we need suppose that she is, or is
> purporting to be, unaware of the significance of fuligin.  Likewise
> the Cumaean's response 'He is but a torturer. She seeks a worse';
> needn't be seen as simply explaining'; it's a comment on Dr Talos.
> (This does not rule out the meeting's being arranged, of course.)

And there is of course that exquisite conflation of "lover" and 
"torturer" ....

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