(The suns. The Judgments. Not just the Clockwork Sun.
'Forthigan invited them in, Arthur threw them back.
Every invitation is also a betrayal.'
We had an Earth, before. It's gone now. Replaced by another Earth, from another universe, another cluster. A world of technology, a world a century apart from our own. Pulled in by a wound in this universe. A wound created on our side.)
[She looks down at her candle.]
Have you ever seen what happens when you drill a hole into a wall? It leaks, It cracks. It weakens. It invites the ants and termites until the foundations of your house are pocked. Eventually, the house will collapse.
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'Forthigan invited them in, Arthur threw them back.
Every invitation is also a betrayal.'
We had an Earth, before. It's gone now. Replaced by another Earth, from another universe, another cluster. A world of technology, a world a century apart from our own. Pulled in by a wound in this universe. A wound created on our side.)
[She looks down at her candle.]
Have you ever seen what happens when you drill a hole into a wall? It leaks, It cracks. It weakens. It invites the ants and termites until the foundations of your house are pocked. Eventually, the house will collapse.
Who do you think invited that Earth?)