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On Tue, 18 Jan 2000 Talarican wrote:
III:XXXIII At Castle Baldanders, when Famulimus and Barbatus set Sev straight regarding their lifespan, Baldanders interjects with "These things live only a score of years, like dogs". His tone "told [Sev] more than is written here, for each word fell like a stone dropped down some deep
cistern". Aside from the contempt obvious in B's choice of words, what did his tone convey to Severian?
That B. wants to live forever, while they presumably by choice reject such an option.
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