Saio Pae
Saio Pae is an A-Ioti physicist assigned to work with and monitor Shevek.
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Spoiler-freeSaio Pae is an A-Ioti physicist assigned to work with and monitor Shevek. He is polished, intelligent, loyal to the state, and alert to the value of Shevek’s theory. Shevek comes to distrust him because Pae’s friendliness never separates from political calculation. Pae survives Shevek’s departure from the university; the novel does not describe what consequences he faces after the theory is released to all worlds.
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