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I <strong>to</strong>ssed the ashen heap <strong>of</strong>f the balcony, and the black flecks fluttered <strong>of</strong>f,<br />

carried by the breeze that passed through the ward, clean and sweet as it<br />

could <strong>be</strong> in Sigil.<br />

It was going <strong>to</strong> <strong>be</strong> a <strong>be</strong>autiful day.<br />

Interlude<br />

"S<strong>to</strong>p.....s<strong>to</strong>p s<strong>to</strong>p s<strong>to</strong>p STOP!!!!" exclaimed Epetrius. "I can't stand this any<br />

longer! You're telling it all wrong!"<br />

“Well, I hate <strong>to</strong> tell ya, lad, but that’s how the s<strong>to</strong>ry went! This eye <strong>do</strong>esn’t<br />

lie, it <strong>do</strong>esn’t!” came Jeanette’s reply.<br />

"Absurd!" Epetrius snaps sharply, "How could an eye <strong>of</strong> all things <strong>be</strong> a record<br />

for anything?"<br />

"La! But you're <strong>not</strong> a particularly clever one, are you?" Jeanette exclaims<br />

over the Guvner's sputtering, "There are many myths about eyes lad, about<br />

how they're the win<strong>do</strong>w <strong>to</strong> the soul, or how the retina records the images <strong>of</strong><br />

the last moments <strong>of</strong> one's life. And considering how frequently The<br />

Nameless One has danced on both sides <strong>of</strong> the Great Veil, this eye has<br />

images a-plenty, all laid over one a<strong>not</strong>her like slivers o' glass.<br />

"A-sides," Jeanette grins, "This one had <strong>be</strong>en found on the Astral, whipped<br />

by winds <strong>of</strong> thought and currents <strong>of</strong> dream. In its immortality it had taken on<br />

a life <strong>of</strong> its own, and drawn <strong>to</strong>gether and preserved ancient memories <strong>of</strong><br />

The Nameless One <strong>be</strong>fore they evaporated in<strong>to</strong> <strong>not</strong>hingness in the White<br />

Void. At least, so's my theory."<br />

Oudilin tests his newly healed shoulder, swinging it back and forth as he<br />

holds his lyre in the other hand. You'd think that without the strum <strong>of</strong> his<br />

music the tale would've dulled, but Jeanette's bombastic ways are more<br />

than enough <strong>to</strong> fill up that void. The deva sets right an overturned seat,<br />

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