“NOT EVERYONE WHO TOUCHES fire gets burned. There are those for whom the flame bows. But fire bows not for blood... but for the memory someone kept even when there was nothing left to hold.”
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XV
“NOT EVERYONE WHO TOUCHES fire gets burned. There are those for whom the flame bows. But fire bows not for blood... but for the memory someone kept even when there was nothing left to hold.” The corner of the Flamelock basement was no longer a space to breathe. The air was as thick as molten stone, carrying the unquantifiable pressure of souls once burned alive.
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every person
From this reading ““NOT EVERYONE WHO TOUCHES fire gets burned.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The corner of the Flamelock basement was no longer a space to breathe.
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From this reading The air was as thick as molten stone, carrying the unquantifiable pressure of souls once burned alive.
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From this reading The air was as thick as molten stone, carrying the unquantifiable pressure of souls once burned alive.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are those for whom the flame bows.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The air was as thick as molten stone, carrying the unquantifiable pressure of souls once burned alive.
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From this reading The corner of the Flamelock basement was no longer a space to breathe.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But fire bows not for blood... but for the memory someone kept even when there was nothing left to hold.”
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From this reading There are those for whom the flame bows.
to speak or reveal information, especially secretly
From this reading The corner of the Flamelock basement was no longer a space to breathe.
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From this reading “NOT EVERYONE WHO TOUCHES fire gets burned.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But fire bows not for blood... but for the memory someone kept even when there was nothing left to hold.”
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From this reading The air was as thick as molten stone, carrying the unquantifiable pressure of souls once burned alive.
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From this reading The corner of the Flamelock basement was no longer a space to breathe.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But fire bows not for blood... but for the memory someone kept even when there was nothing left to hold.”
every person
From this reading “NOT EVERYONE WHO TOUCHES fire gets burned.
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From this reading “NOT EVERYONE WHO TOUCHES fire gets burned.
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading There are those for whom the flame bows.
An ancient sealed vault designed to contain magical fire and scorched prophecies.
From this reading The corner of the Flamelock basement was no longer a space to breathe.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There are those for whom the flame bows.
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From this reading “NOT EVERYONE WHO TOUCHES fire gets burned.
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From this reading But fire bows not for blood... but for the memory someone kept even when there was nothing left to hold.”
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From this reading But fire bows not for blood... but for the memory someone kept even when there was nothing left to hold.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But fire bows not for blood... but for the memory someone kept even when there was nothing left to hold.”
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From this reading The corner of the Flamelock basement was no longer a space to breathe.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading But fire bows not for blood... but for the memory someone kept even when there was nothing left to hold.”
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From this reading The air was as thick as molten stone, carrying the unquantifiable pressure of souls once burned alive.
not any; not one
From this reading The corner of the Flamelock basement was no longer a space to breathe.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “NOT EVERYONE WHO TOUCHES fire gets burned.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading But fire bows not for blood... but for the memory someone kept even when there was nothing left to hold.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The corner of the Flamelock basement was no longer a space to breathe.
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From this reading The air was as thick as molten stone, carrying the unquantifiable pressure of souls once burned alive.
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From this reading The air was as thick as molten stone, carrying the unquantifiable pressure of souls once burned alive.
a person, without saying who
From this reading But fire bows not for blood... but for the memory someone kept even when there was nothing left to hold.”
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From this reading The air was as thick as molten stone, carrying the unquantifiable pressure of souls once burned alive.
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From this reading The corner of the Flamelock basement was no longer a space to breathe.
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From this reading The air was as thick as molten stone, carrying the unquantifiable pressure of souls once burned alive.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There are those for whom the flame bows.
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From this reading There are those for whom the flame bows.
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From this reading The air was as thick as molten stone, carrying the unquantifiable pressure of souls once burned alive.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading There are those for whom the flame bows.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But fire bows not for blood... but for the memory someone kept even when there was nothing left to hold.”
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From this reading “NOT EVERYONE WHO TOUCHES fire gets burned.
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From this reading The air was as thick as molten stone, carrying the unquantifiable pressure of souls once burned alive.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But fire bows not for blood... but for the memory someone kept even when there was nothing left to hold.”
at the time that
From this reading But fire bows not for blood... but for the memory someone kept even when there was nothing left to hold.”
which person or people
From this reading “NOT EVERYONE WHO TOUCHES fire gets burned.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There are those for whom the flame bows.
What central mystery unfolds in Chapter 15 (The Last Retained Fragment of the Fire)?
