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| 12. a city of memory: 271 | 'Did something happen to Valentine's heart?' / 'It happened a long time ago,' the red rider says. 'He did it himself. If you were afraid of being hurt by anything, you could put your heart in a box... / 'There nothing can pierce your heart, and nothing can hurt you any more.' / But then no warmth... http://invisiblecities.comicgenesis.com/271.html |
| 12. a city of memory: 272 | 'One day the heart grows completely hollow and disappears entirely. / 'I was angry when I first realized this. But hearts follow the shape of their surroundings. An iron box is strong, and cold, and hollow... I have accepted this.' / 'And is this your heart?' I asked. / 'This isn't my heart any more,'... http://invisiblecities.comicgenesis.com/272.html |
| 12. a city of memory: 273 | 'What happens when you put someone else's heart in your box?' I ask her. / 'The box thinks it is my heart,' the rider says. / 'And what about the other person?' / 'They die.' / 'Oh,' I said. / I didn't feel that was enough to say. But it felt like nothing I could say would ever have been enough,... http://invisiblecities.comicgenesis.com/273.html |
| 12. a city of memory: 274 | 'His box doesn't yet realize that it is empty,' the rider said. 'What a fool.' / For the first time, I notice a small crack in the lid of her box. As if something has managed to pierce it. / 'Isn't there anything I can do?' I asked. / 'He asked to be left alone when this happened,' she said. 'He does... http://invisiblecities.comicgenesis.com/274.html |
| 12. a city of memory: 275 | The spaces between words are sometimes as important as the words. / Sometimes no matter what, a conversation will end, and perhaps there is nothing more one can do about it. / But perhaps somewhere, not too far away, someone else is waiting, / and you only have to travel the length of that space to... http://invisiblecities.comicgenesis.com/275.html |
| 13. a shrine for Lilith: 276 | As we traveled closer to the white tower, it became apparent that others were leaving it. / I asked the red rider why this was happening. / 'The war is over,' she said. 'They are going home.' / 'That's wonderful!' I said. 'I didn't even know the war was over. Why is it?' http://invisiblecities.comicgenesis.com/276.html |
| 13. a shrine for Lilith: 277 | 'The war started because of one person,' she said. 'But now that person is dying. / 'So there is no longer any need for a war.' / And, under the shadow of the white tower, we did indeed find someone who seemed to no longer have any need for a war. / 'He seems to be a very peaceful person,' I said.... http://invisiblecities.comicgenesis.com/277.html |
| 13. a shrine for Lilith: 278 | 'He'd always rather die than do something he absolutely hated. But he'd rather do something he hated than let someone else die... / 'That's why I ended up starting the war; so he had to stay alive to save me.' / 'Was it really as simple as that?' I asked. / 'Of course!' the king of demons said. 'Come... http://invisiblecities.comicgenesis.com/278.html |