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That's cute with the bats, and the circle in the bottom picture makes me think of a crescent moon.

Father Ardelian is really spiraling here. That whole paragraph about denial has me worried for his mental state. The bit about wanting to be like glass is also making me think about the whole body vs soul thing and the shifting importance of the resurrection within Christianity.

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Jun 4, 2023Liked by St John Starling

I've been reading this novel since the start, and my gosh it's becoming one of my favourite ones. Not only do I love the style that's written in (if that makes any sense? I am sorry, English is not my first language!) but the little pictures at the end and the bats really give it quite lots of personality! Thank you so much for your hard work <3

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Thank you so much. I read this comment at just the right time and it made a somewhat rough week a lot better <3

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Dec 29, 2023Liked by St John Starling

"Oh for skin as thin and delicate as a veil. I would become as glass should be, as all-confessing." <- this line is way too beautiful and I am NOT normal about it omg. It's giving me Feelings.

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Dec 29, 2023·edited Dec 29, 2023Author

Thank you!! I can’t take all the credit for that one. The second sentence you quoted is a paraphrase of a line from A Valediction of My Name in the Window by John Donne.

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