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She agrees that what we observe — the apertures, the starlight, and of course the Taken entities — is not [[Hive]] magic. If Hive arcana is a metaphor, this is the meaning; if they make appeals, then this is the judge. | She agrees that what we observe — the apertures, the starlight, and of course the Taken entities — is not [[Hive]] magic. If Hive arcana is a metaphor, this is the meaning; if they make appeals, then this is the judge. | ||
[[Oryx]] wields this power. But Oryx did not make it. We face the same flower we met in the Black Garden. | [[Oryx]] wields this power. But Oryx did not make it. We face the [[Black Heart|same flower]] we met in the [[Black Garden]]. | ||
The process is simple: an aperture opens, like a jaw, and swallows a living thing. It passes into — another place. Later, it returns. | The process is simple: an aperture opens, like a jaw, and swallows a living thing. It passes into — another place. Later, it returns. | ||
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My [[Hidden]] tell me that the Taken shine with seething, negative light. As if the universe is curling up around them. As if they radiate some pathology that decays into our world as nothingness... | My [[Hidden]] tell me that the Taken shine with seething, negative light. As if the universe is curling up around them. As if they radiate some pathology that decays into our world as nothingness... | ||
The Taken serve Oryx. But I think those jaws lead elsewhere. | The Taken serve Oryx. But I think those jaws lead [[Darkness|elsewhere]]. | ||
I dream about what happens on the inside. I dream about what might happen. Are the victims devoured, and replaced by simulacra? Husked out and filled up? Is some mathematical operation conducted on them, translating them from one shape to another? | I dream about what happens on the inside. I dream about what might happen. Are the victims devoured, and replaced by simulacra? Husked out and filled up? Is some mathematical operation conducted on them, translating them from one shape to another? | ||