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Random thought, but you know how everyone claims to remember when the northern island vanished? Even Bonnie says it at one point, even though this happened long enough ago that Siffrin was a kid and is now an adult.

I wonder if the forgetting happened slowly. The way the King's curse crept across the land.

Mirabelle claims to remember someone who was working in the observatory, but gets distressed when she can't remember them, right? And the dreaming one slowly realizes that their sister is... well.

Maybe the island vanished all at once, but the memories of it were gradually erased? I just think that would be neat. Maybe that's why Siffrin couldn't quite pinpoint why they're missing something for so long, even if they knew it deep down.

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Orange Poem, Floor 3 Writing Room

Oranges are nice

Oranges are soft

Oranges are frail

When you look at me, I feel like one

Your fingernail digs into my cheek

Peel an orange open...

Isabeau: Orange juice comes out!

Bonnie: I die.

Mirabelle: Blood oranges...? Something with that...

> It gets very a-peel-ing!

> Is it nice and sweet?

> Blood on your hands!

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(You've heard this all before.)

(You daydream about the sun.)

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There's ghosts in SASASA too?????!

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I love how much interpretation there is for what kind of country the northern island was.

They studied the stars and worshipped the Universe. There were mountains, and clouds, and the sea. They knew of space, and orbiting planets, and giants balls of gas. They had Wish Craft, and superstitions in numbers, and possibly wood carvings. They ate crab and fish, perhaps. They stitched Crafting into clothing.

What else? What about the people? How did they view family? What did their language sound like? How did they interact with the rest of the world?