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Originally Posted by Fordim
Inside the story, there is no metaphor around or about the blade’s glow: it really is glowing. But when we read it, in a world where there are no glowing swords, the only way to bring it into our own experience is to make it into a metaphor for something.
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So those shadows that stretched to the walls weren't metaphorical -
inside the story they really were wings.
