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Esk felt that bravery was called for, but on a night like this bravery lasted only as long as a candle stayed alight.

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These were dangerous thoughts, he knew. They were the kind that crept up on a Watchman when the chase was over and it was just you and him, facing one...more

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Practically anything can go faster than Disc light, which is lazy and tame, unlike ordinary light. The only thing known to go faster than ordinary lig...more

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Was that what it was really like to be alive? The feeling of darkness dragging you forward?How could they live with it? And yet they did, and even see...more

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If Vorbis was right, and there was a kind of light that made darkness visible, then down there was its opposite, the darkness where no light could eve...more

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I am not so blind that I can't see darkness.

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There are all kinds of darkness, and all kinds of things can be found in them, imprisoned, banished, lost or hidden. Sometimes they escape. Sometimes ...more