“You have reached the shrine. Set down the lantern. I will take it from here. [The Keeper reaches out and receives the lantern with both hands. The light steadies. The tether unspools. For a moment, something almost like a face is visible inside the flame — and then it is gone, and the lantern is dark, and the sea is very quiet.] Why did you carry this one?”

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