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The Cosmos may enlarge, but the individual hanks of [[space-tedium]] on which we ply our benighted trade twist, desiccate and curl at the edges, such that every one of us converges. The Iron Mountain is the navel of the world; the ''axis mundi''; the ''omphalos''.  
The Cosmos may enlarge, but the individual hanks of [[space-tedium]] on which we ply our benighted trade twist, desiccate and curl at the edges, such that every one of us converges. The Iron Mountain is the navel of the world; the ''axis mundi''; the ''omphalos''.  


Eventually, the Iron Mountain will come for you. You will not know when, or where, or why, but you will know it when it does. They will collect your worldly things, your precious baubles— every last remnant of your time — and they will consign it to a meagre casket. It will not bear your name because, by then, ''[[Goldstein|you won’t have one]]''. It will instead bear your final destiny: the last, common, resting place for all mortal souls; the infinite, inertial lock: the Iron Mountain.  
Eventually, it will come for you. You will not know when, where or why, but you will know it when it does. You will collect your worldly things, your precious baubles— every last remnant of your existence — and consign it to a [[Iron Mountain box|meagre casket]]. It will not bear your name by then, ''[[Goldstein|you won’t have one]]'' — simply your final destiny: the last, common, resting place for all mortal souls; the infinite, inertial lock: the [[singularity]] to which all corners of the [[space-tedium continuum]] buckle, fold and funnel the lost [[Children of the Forest]]:
 
The Iron Mountain.  


===In the scriptures===
===In the scriptures===