Chapter 8

“The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.

The name that can be named is not the eternal name.

The nameless is the beginning of heaven and Earth.

The named is the mother of the ten thousand things.

Ever desireless, one can see the mystery.

Ever desiring, one sees the manifestations...

Darkness within darkness.

The gate to all mystery.”

-Lao Tsu

They left at dusk. The red-haired witch led the way in the fading light through ever-diminishing piles of rubble—the withered remains of ancient houses—until all trace of civilization was gone. As the last of these ruins fell away behind...

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