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Over the years, dozens of writers solemnly laid down their implements of writing on the altar in [[#The Cathedral|the Cathedral]] and gave up on writing forever. None of them ever regretted this vow or went back on it. However, the ritual came to be a subject of stigma, and the Cathedral was dusty and long-abandoned by the time one more writer hesitantly stepped inside and prepared to put their fountain-pen down on the altar. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 45: The Cathedral|The Cathedral]]'') | Over the years, dozens of writers solemnly laid down their implements of writing on the altar in [[#The Cathedral|the Cathedral]] and gave up on writing forever. None of them ever regretted this vow or went back on it. However, the ritual came to be a subject of stigma, and the Cathedral was dusty and long-abandoned by the time one more writer hesitantly stepped inside and prepared to put their fountain-pen down on the altar. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 45: The Cathedral|The Cathedral]]'') | ||
Aall light in the House once became trapped inside [[#The Tunnel|the Tunnel]], making it into “the Airing Cupboard of Despair”. There were people trapped inside the tunnel, one of whom eventually worked up the courage to creep to the end of the tunnel and unlatch the brass-and-glass hatchway; instead of letting the swirling, silent darkness in as the others feared, this let the light out. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 53: The Airing Cupboard of Despair|The Airing Cupboard of Despair]]'') | |||
At some point, a man came to lie between the roots of [[the Bodhi Tree]] in [[the Gardens]]. He never moved or aged, although his blue eyes were wide open. He became known as “[[the Bodhi Son]]”, and a [[Loom weaver (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|superstitious old woman]] started a tradition of placing candle-prayers at his feet. Over time, this developed into a full religion, with a cathedral of wood and stone being carefully built in the shade of the Tree, with the Bodhi Son lying in the narthex. Eventually, a fire broke out, burning down the cathedral and the Tree itself, but the Bodhi Son was unharmed, crying in his sleep as his face covered with suit. In the instant when the Bodhi Tree finally died, he blinked as he awoke. When he opened his eyes again, they were no longer blue, but green like the Tree's leaves had been. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 39-III: The Bodhi Son|The Bodhi Son]]'') | At some point, a man came to lie between the roots of [[the Bodhi Tree]] in [[the Gardens]]. He never moved or aged, although his blue eyes were wide open. He became known as “[[the Bodhi Son]]”, and a [[Loom weaver (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|superstitious old woman]] started a tradition of placing candle-prayers at his feet. Over time, this developed into a full religion, with a cathedral of wood and stone being carefully built in the shade of the Tree, with the Bodhi Son lying in the narthex. Eventually, a fire broke out, burning down the cathedral and the Tree itself, but the Bodhi Son was unharmed, crying in his sleep as his face covered with suit. In the instant when the Bodhi Tree finally died, he blinked as he awoke. When he opened his eyes again, they were no longer blue, but green like the Tree's leaves had been. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 39-III: The Bodhi Son|The Bodhi Son]]'') | ||
