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The Book of Chaos Quotes
The Book of Chaos
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The Book of Chaos Quotes
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“Get this: how many Weavers does it take to screw in a light bulb?'
Kate folded her arms, her expression aloof. Acciper pensively scratched his beard, withholding his ignorance.
'One?' ventured Vivian.
Lucian's boyish face split into a grin. His body filled up with the imminent rumble of laughter.
'Two Weavers. One holds the light bulb and the other one spins reality around it.”
― The Book of Chaos
Kate folded her arms, her expression aloof. Acciper pensively scratched his beard, withholding his ignorance.
'One?' ventured Vivian.
Lucian's boyish face split into a grin. His body filled up with the imminent rumble of laughter.
'Two Weavers. One holds the light bulb and the other one spins reality around it.”
― The Book of Chaos
“Vivian, look!’ chirped Kate, looking up at the amber skies. ‘It’s a sundog!’
Vivian stared into the waking light of Christmas dawn and saw not one, but two rising suns.
‘They’re rare, these. Must be the low-hanging ice crystals creating an echo. A mirror to the sun.’
Like an enormous blade of Æbe’trax, the parhelion had parted the sky in two sectors – one small and made out of dawn, the other large and moulded by nightfall. Each side was dominated by its own mirror-sun, strung across the low firmament like two Christmas baubles.
Vivian squinted. The larger sun was grazed by a shadow.”
― The Book of Chaos
Vivian stared into the waking light of Christmas dawn and saw not one, but two rising suns.
‘They’re rare, these. Must be the low-hanging ice crystals creating an echo. A mirror to the sun.’
Like an enormous blade of Æbe’trax, the parhelion had parted the sky in two sectors – one small and made out of dawn, the other large and moulded by nightfall. Each side was dominated by its own mirror-sun, strung across the low firmament like two Christmas baubles.
Vivian squinted. The larger sun was grazed by a shadow.”
― The Book of Chaos
“Then there was The House of Future Needs, an old pawn shop that engaged in the sale of utterly useless trinkets. Except, of course, your purchased knickknacks were guaranteed to become “unforeseeably important” in your immediate future.
“What is useless today can save your life tomorrow” the shopkeeper advertised, a man rumoured to have glimpsed into the atemporal dimension of Subexistence. Vivian passed the pawn shop a number of times before her cynicism made room for a purchase.
‘So how does this work exactly?’
‘You see, miss, you have a looksee around, see? And pay attention to what draws you in. Then you go right ahead, see, and take a gander on some of my wares. See if there’s anything that grabs your eye, see?’ was the shopkeeper’s advice.
Vivian ended up buying a red eyepatch for no obvious reason. Truth be told, she had wanted an eyepatch ever since Miles Fenn piqued her interest in pirates. All those stories about great sea battles, buccaneer lifestyle and treasure must have rotted her brain.”
― The Book of Chaos
“What is useless today can save your life tomorrow” the shopkeeper advertised, a man rumoured to have glimpsed into the atemporal dimension of Subexistence. Vivian passed the pawn shop a number of times before her cynicism made room for a purchase.
‘So how does this work exactly?’
‘You see, miss, you have a looksee around, see? And pay attention to what draws you in. Then you go right ahead, see, and take a gander on some of my wares. See if there’s anything that grabs your eye, see?’ was the shopkeeper’s advice.
Vivian ended up buying a red eyepatch for no obvious reason. Truth be told, she had wanted an eyepatch ever since Miles Fenn piqued her interest in pirates. All those stories about great sea battles, buccaneer lifestyle and treasure must have rotted her brain.”
― The Book of Chaos
“Ashe, the tavern keeper, pointed at it while beaming with pride. ‘That’s ours, right there! The fat one, docked on the starboard.’
‘”Death by Water”?’ Kate folded her arms. ‘You named your smuggling ship, “Death by Water”?’
‘Fitting name for a Miramesh ship, ain’t it? All northern vessels have something with “death” in their name. I figured it be a luckier name than my last smuggling boat, “The Unsinkable II”,’ he chuckled.
Kate’s eyes flashed bright green. ‘The Unsinkable II? What happened to “The Unsinkable I”?’
Ashe took one last swig out of his hip flask, then poured its remaining contents on the ground. Kate suddenly decided she was not that interested in ships.”
― The Book of Chaos
‘”Death by Water”?’ Kate folded her arms. ‘You named your smuggling ship, “Death by Water”?’
‘Fitting name for a Miramesh ship, ain’t it? All northern vessels have something with “death” in their name. I figured it be a luckier name than my last smuggling boat, “The Unsinkable II”,’ he chuckled.
Kate’s eyes flashed bright green. ‘The Unsinkable II? What happened to “The Unsinkable I”?’
Ashe took one last swig out of his hip flask, then poured its remaining contents on the ground. Kate suddenly decided she was not that interested in ships.”
― The Book of Chaos
