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Chapter 36 - Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch

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Draught and Roche Are Larger Than Life Figures for Cevarian

Cevarian has changed physically over the journey. He now walks with a limp and he has a scar on his chin. I also think this speaks to how young Cevarian psychologically viewed these figures too, but draught and Roche were larger than life for him because they were his quote unquote older brothers in the guild. They're not that much older than him, but he didn't have perspective on the world at the time. This also parallels what happened in the beginning of the book. The last time Cevarian had time alone with Roche, Roche took him to the house as your right. And even though it wasn't necessarily a direct education, it was Roche teaches Cev

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