“Your Reverence”

The Reverend Mother Mohiam is an old woman who comes to test a youth and to kill him or let him live.  I think she bears comparison to a midwife as described by Socrates in the Theaetetus.

Luyseyal

In Anteac and Luyseyal’s audience with Leto, Leto begins by considering and rejecting the possibility that Luyseyal is a Face Dancer mimic.  It’s interesting to read the text with an eye for all the evidence that Leto quickly changes his mind.  It’s also interesting to note and consider the other, numerous features of the scene that have a bearing [...]