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Good Lord

An exclamation or personification used in the text.

minor

First appearance: x the time of waiting

Good Lord shows up with force in XXVI: The Luminous Speck. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Addressed in the narrator's desperate prayers.
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Good Lord first appears in 0013 x the time of waiting.

In XXVI: The Luminous Speck: Addressed in the narrator's desperate prayers.

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TRThe RecluseGLGood Lord

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Cosmic and Supernatural Entities
  • Protagonist

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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See Good Lord in x the time of waiting
See Good Lord in XXVI: The Luminous Speck