‎It always seemed somehow less real here... a really detailed dream, b…

Garth Nix
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‎It always seemed somehow less real here... a really detailed dream, but sort of washed out, like a thin watercolor. Softer, somehow, even with their electric light and engines and everything. I guess it was because there was hardly any magic. ✨ Garth Nix (2014). Lirael, p.254, Hot Key Books
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‎It always seemed somehow less real here... a really detailed dream, but sort of washed out, like a thin watercolor. Softer, somehow, even with their electric light and engines and everything. I guess it was because there was hardly any magic. ✨ Garth Nix (2014). Lirael, p.254, Hot Key Books

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