Five Severians

Jeff Wilson · 15 Dec 2013, 10:43 · from 2013-December.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at clueland.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 04:43:01 -0600
Subject: (urth) Five Severians
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On Sat, December 14, 2013 20:17, Michael Thayer wrote:
> Thanks, Larry -- Druissi's eight Severians theory is a bit opaque.  It
> seems that Severians Four, Seven, and Eight are the same Severian, and
> Severians Three and Five are not Severian at all (I'm not sure why the
> Claw
> ("Severian Three") or the White Fountain ("Severian Five") are considered
> versions of Severian).

They are intimately connected channels for his powers, and at times he may
perceive them as separate selves. Particularly with the White Fountain, he
has a sense of seeing himself from far away. They are also tagged with his
genetic material, The Claw by blood and The White Fountain by semen from
his tryst with Alpheta.

-- 
Jeff Wilson - < jwilson at clueland.com >
A&M Texarkana Computational Intelligence Lab
< http://www.tamut.edu/cil >

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