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What happened to the Sea of Flames stone at the end of the book? Was it still in the sea?
D'Arcy Werner revisits the grotto (uses the key Marie gave him to enter). The SoF is not heavy enough and the tiny house floats in the water. Werner picks it…moreWerner revisits the grotto (uses the key Marie gave him to enter). The SoF is not heavy enough and the tiny house floats in the water. Werner picks it up, studies it, and because he has small intricate hands and a mechanical mind, discovers its secret rather easily. He understands that Marie meant the SoF - not the house - must remain in the water. He drops the SoF into the water where it lies "Mantled with algae, bedecked with barnacles. Crawled over by snails." He puts the key back in the little house, safekeeping Marie's treasure and secret (he has no idea about the supposed curse). By placing the key in the house - and returning the little house to Marie - he ensures that she will be able to retrieve her treasure when it is safe to do so. She never retrieves it no matter how much it "Stirs among the pebbles." [The author leaves us with the insinuation that some "Deagol" or "Smeagol" will unearth it and revisit the curse, etc. as it wasn't destroyed in a Mount Doom]. Humanity may never learn its lesson as symbolized by the SoF.(less)
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All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author)
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