—𝙏𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠?
—𝙏𝙤 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 (ākāśa). 𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙮, 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚.
an egg: a clue
〇 【零】
y̲ e̲ l̲ l̲ o̲ w̲ ̲w̲ a̲ r̲ b̲ l̲ e̲ r̲
"𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵!"
a painting reproduced in a book (Mystery Library Vol. III)
“A Sick Child brought into the Temple of Æsculapius”
is this a clue?
let's skidoo!
𝘴𝘢 𝘮ā𝘺ī 𝘮ā𝘺𝘢𝘺ā 𝘣𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘩𝘢ḥ
𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘪 𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘩ā𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯ūḥ
the smoke of burning incense...
a light as of morning or evening...
priests that wait upon the god's word...
a beautiful girl sitting on her knees.
what is the boy holding in his hand?
this must be a clue: l̲ a̲ u̲ r̲ e̲ l̲ ̲l̲ e̲ a̲ v̲ e̲ s̲
𝘮ā𝘺ī 𝘮ā𝘺ā𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘢ḥ
𝘬ā𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘩𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘢ḥ
pawprints: another clue?
something followed you
let's draw them in my handy dandy notebook
ש ש
ש ש
d̶o̶g̶?
c̶o̶y̶o̶t̶e̶?
d̶e̶e̶r̶?
b̶o̶b̶c̶a̶t̶?
m̲ o̲ u̲ n̲ t̲ a̲ i̲ n̲ ̲l̲ i̲ o̲ n̲
Now that we have our three clues, it's time to sit in the Thinking Chair.
What is it that ever is, was, and is ever coming and going?