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Edward Magpie has lost everything and getting
old.
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He still lives on St Nicholas Island but his
wife and child have left to the mainland, Tim died of old age. (A void in his
heart and body)
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It’s a rainy day, Ted is looking out of the
window thinking about his purpose in life.
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Loriette Daze, Edward’s friend shows him a map
of where The Stone Haven is.
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He sets off to The Stone Haven, where people go
to spend the last years of their life. There he goes to see the Isaacs sisters,
giantesses who can see the past (Brown, long hair, shortest, with Lion),
present (blonde, short hair, tallest, with spirit bear) and future (Red, semi
long hair, with owl), able to read and interpret the void of time and what
fills it.
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They tell him of the 9 parallel plains above the
one we live on. As you go up through the plains life becomes better and better
until on the 9th plain (the opposite of the 9 circles of hell) you
learn the meaning of YOUR life (The ultimate personal void) – You can never
find out THE meaning of life.
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He gets the Navis’ crew back again – making sure
of all the superstitions again.