But where is the Hogfather to deliver the presents? What on earth is Death doing? Just how DO you subdue the monsters in the basement with a poker? Not to mention those in the Tooth Fairy's castle. 'Tis the night before Hogswatch - a solar festival not dissimilar from our Christmas. How else can they become?Ī very silly festive fairytale for children of all ages, with a no-nonsense (in the primmest, properest sense of the word), kick-ass heroine, set in a world that looks remarkably like ours, in a thaumaturgical, Victorian Gothic kind of way, considering it's actually a disc balanced on some elephants, which are balanced on a turtle. Susan: But people have got to believe that, or what's the point?ĭeath: You need to believe in things that aren't true. some rightness in the universe by which it may be judged. you try to act as if there is some ideal order in the world. That sort of thing.ĭeath: You think so? Then take the universe and grind it down to the finest powder and sieve it through the finest sieve and THEN show me one atom of justice, one molecule of mercy. As practice, you have to start out learning to believe the little lies.ĭeath: Yes. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.ĭeath: Yes. You're saying that humans need fantasies to make life bearable.ĭeath: No. Death: What would have happened if you hadn't saved him?ĭeath: A mere ball of flaming gas would have illuminated the world.
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