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I just finished rereading Perdido Street Station, and noticed something; The Runagate Rampant and others talk about the 'Eyespy Killer', who kills poor people, gouges out their eyes, and then dumps them in the river. This is what eventually happens to Ben Flex; after he is captured by the Militia and tortured, his body turns up without the eyes, and the Eyespy Killer has struck again. Then later on, when the Mayor makes the agreement with the Handlingers about trying to hunt down the moths, Stem-Fulcher asks Rudgutter how his eyes are doing. "Going," he said sadly. "We just can't solve the problem of rejection. It's about time for a fresh set". Obviously, Rudgutter / the Militia is behind the Eyespy murders, but I don't remember seeing anything in reference to it elsewhere. Did I miss something, or is this another thing put in to enforce the weirdness of the world and the brutality of New Crobuzon?
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Lester B. Pearson posted:I always pictured them thiner, like a normal cactus but with arms and legs  I keep trying to picture Cactacae as anything but this, but I just can't do it. 
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