Auri scrounges up a few more ingredients and does some more cooking, and cracking, and grinding. We talk about how this is the beginning of the third act of the book, how nice it is to see Auri eat, and why it might have been a mistake to teach rocks how to think.

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Auri takes a taste of the nutmeg. We talk about a Belgian municipality in West Flanders, discuss what we want to smell like, and Jordana reveals more of her traumatic childhood.

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Auri seems to take control of her life. We talk about the resurgence of Auri’s “deal”, Jordana makes a blunder and is forced to resign, and what we can learn about Mandrag.

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Auri is still rinsing instead of washing. We talk about how this new day feels, what Foxen’s mood says about Auri’s, and yet more evidence of Auri’s good breeding.

The referenced show is Palavi Gunalan’s presentation on Smartypants: https://www.tiktok.com/@smartypantsshow/video/7393408842538765611

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We embrace the void. You too, should embrace the void.

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Auri grins all the way home, and goes to bed happy. We talk yet again about the contentious bottle-stopper, how Auri is rewarded, and how the end of the chapter brings her problems of this chapter full circle.

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Auri discovers a perfume bottle. We discuss the illustration of the bottle and how *pushes glasses up nose directly into brain* it’s not accurate to the source material. We also discuss being hopelessly down bad, whether or not the perfume is good, and the drift of language and orthography over time, before answering important questions about tinkle.

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Auri does some rearranging and drawer swapping. We discuss the difference between “intently” and “intensely”, and then try to figure out what the hell is going on, and seeing things in a new light.

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Auri does some reflecting on this, her most-perfect place. We talk about the origins of the word Annulet, and how Auri’s reflexive self-denial is the closest we come to learning what her “deal” is. We also think about Auri’s saintly qualities, and whether the world really does care about her will.

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Auri checks her inventory. We wonder about the provenance and purpose of her gold ring, wander off into discussing how you used to be able to customize the sounds your computer made, and return to the podcast to talk about Auri’s inventory ritual, and how she is attempting to ground herself.

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