Despair

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Written Jan 2000, Cambridge

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It is said that scattered through Despair's domain are a multitude of tiny windows, hanging in the void. Each window looks out onto a different scene, being, in our world, a mirror. Sometimes you will look into a mirror and feel the eyes of Despair on you, feel her hook catch and snag on your heart.

Neil Gaiman: Season of Mists

Delirium has, from time to time, visited Despair's gray realm. It is the antithesis of her own churning domain: formless and silent and still, apathy hangs like damp mist in the chill air.

No winds blow, no bird sings, nothing moves.

She feels the cold touching her, sobering her. Cool tendrils move inside her, questing, whispering...

Neil Gaiman: Brief Lives

Despair says little, and is patient.

Neil Gaiman: Season of Mists