[Khanna]

Hey guys. So in Reaper's Gale there is a scene where Bruthen Trana, Knuckles and Kilmandaros sit in a room. At some point Knuckles say, "The grains run the river, Mother." What does "grains run the river" mean? I thought they were like the sands in a hourglass but the word "river" confuses me.

This post has been edited by Khanna: 30 November 2024 - 03:42 PM

[ArchieVist]

It's just a metaphor for time and and the flow of time (underline added by me).

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"I feel magnanimous,' Knuckles said, 'and offer to still those grains…for a time. So that we may be true hosts to our new guest.

'The giant woman looked up, a sudden cunning in her expression. 'Excellent idea, Knuckles. Make it so!'

A gesture, and the wavering light of the lantern ceased its waver. All was still in a way Bruthen Trana could not define – after all, nothing had changed. And yet his soul knew, somehow, that the grains Knuckles had spoken of were time, its passage, its unending journey. He had just, with a single gesture of one hand, stopped time."

This post has been edited by ArchieVist: 01 December 2024 - 09:27 PM