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Pygmalion

A sculptor of the distant future, Martellus's companion in the studio and his foil in every argument about what art is for.

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Also known as Pygmalion, Poor Pygmalion, Carry Pygmalion, Pyg, Poor old Pyg

First appearance: part v as far as thought can reach

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Pygmalion shares Martellus's workshop and his century, and the two of them bicker like colleagues anywhere, except that the stakes are the self-image of a species that no longer dies on schedule. He is the more pliant of the pair, more willing to make what the age asks for, and his name carries the weight of the old myth whether he wants it or not. He matters because the play needs someone inside the future's art to show that even the long-lived still disagree about beauty, purpose, and who gets to decide.

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See Pygmalion in part v as far as thought can reach