Claw = Fang?

David Stockhoff · 23 Nov 2012, 18:31 · from 2012-November.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:31:48 -0500
Subject: (urth) Claw = Fang?
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That's good context for this interpretation of the Claw. And the below 
snippet is perhaps especially suggestive, because it involves or invokes 
the combination of plant and animal into something higher.

On 11/23/2012 11:20 AM, Lee Berman wrote:
> The Claw was created by the thorn being drenched in Severian's blood.

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