Outsider KnowledgeTheme
The figures who see most clearly, Maren in undyed grey with no school affiliation, Gault whose name appears only in other practitioners' footnotes, and Vorthak reading the candidate before reading the documents, all hold no formal seat of authority. The story returns to the idea that those positioned at the margins of institutions carry information the institution's center cannot generate for itself.
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The figures who see most clearly, Maren in undyed grey with no school affiliation, Gault whose name appears only in other practitioners' footnotes, and Vorthak reading the candidate before reading the documents, all hold no formal seat of authority. The story returns to the idea that those positioned at the margins of institutions carry information the institution's center cannot generate for itself.