[Dragaera] Hawk *SPOILERS*

[Howard Brazee via Dragaera]

On Oct 10, 2014, at 10:03 PM, Jerry Friedman via Dragaera <dragaera at lists.dragaera.info> wrote:

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> Vlad throws the amulet into the sea--an echo of Severian throwing his boots
> into the sea?  (And what if he needs the amulet for something else some day?)

An emotional response - but a dumb one.   He should have given it to someone he trusts, if he can't trust himself. 

It does work to stop us readers from having the typical Star Trek response of "why don't they solve today's episode the way they solved a similar issue last season?".