How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
From somewhere outside Time, Merriman said into his mind: "Take care. It is true. The Rider will come for him. That is why I had you bring him here, to a place strengthened by Time. The Rider would have come to your own house otherwise, and all that comes with the Rider too…" (9.137)
We love the idea of being "outsideTime." Of course, for an Old One, that's just a Tuesday afternoon since they can travel through time and even talk to each other around time. No need to text your friend while in class if you're an Old One; just communicate telepathically through time.
Quote #8
The sense of being within two levels of Time at once still hovered in his mind, though all that he could feel now of the ancient manor was the awareness, ominous and persistent, of the nine great ice-candles glimmering round three sides of the room. They had been ghost-like, scarcely visible, when first he found himself brought back by the new cold to his own time, but as the cold grew more intense, so they were growing clearer. (10.49)
Will explains to us what it's like to experience two times at once. And to be honest? Our heads hurt just thinking about it. Just because he can do it doesn't mean it seems like an easy thing to do. Talk about sensory overload.
Quote #9
And then suddenly it stopped, and he was left standing dazed with his nose almost touching a very ordinary beech twig. He knew then that the Dark had its own way of putting even an Old One outside Time for a space, if they needed a space for their own magic. (11.96)
The music stops and time is twisted. We talk more about how music and time-twisting magic are related to the Old Ones in the "Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory" section, but it's important to note what's happening here. It's not just the Old Ones who can control time; the Dark do it, too. Dun dun dun…