Anonymous User asked: Is there any chance that when Severian mentions the claw digging in to him that he means in current day when writing it and not in the past he's describing?
let us just say the books will provide a definitive answer to this
(Glances off stage at a wildly gesticulating stage manager who is grimacing as he repeatedly makes the cut-it-out hand-swipe-across-neck gesture)
Some Will Be Revealed!
(Stage manager's shoulders slump, as if in defeat)