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“Sisyphus is dangerous, mother.” Persephone said as the Oneiroi lifted into the air and circled about them again. She reached out toward the circle of flames and pulled their destination closer. The walled citadel of Ephyra appeared before them in the widening pathway through the ether. The Queen of the Underworld took a step toward it and looked at her mother one last time. “But so am I.”
― Rachel Alexander, Destroyer of Light

“Because my dear, it’s when you suffer that you know it’s real.”
― Nick Askew

“One, who is twice woven, cannot remain your own.”
“Two, the ether bound, who shines the torch in darkness.”
“Three, the blessed harbinger, who reaps the reaper’s heart.”
“All at last aeon’s end,” they said together, “And all to end the aeon.”
― Rachel Alexander, Destroyer of Light

“Like the address, the note was printed in Comic Sans, which seemed like a slight in itself.”
― Kevin Wignall, Those Who Disappeared