From: Peter Grimes <grimes@waste.org>
Subject: re:(urth) Claw Power in BOTNS
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 15:37:31 

On Sat, 2 May 1998 sph1635@utsph.sph.uth.tmc.edu wrote:


> Severian does make reference to the lake and how it resembles the gem. So
> is it from one of these sources that Severian is able to survive in the
> hills  without any nourishment? If not, then what is sustaining him?

Humans can survive for several weeks without food as long as they have
water.  Severian does describe himself as feeling weaker and weaker
over this period of time.

Plus he already has the power of the New Sun in him because it started
travelling towards Urth so long before that.

Between the two its no mystery how he survives.


-Dave


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