MAJOR ARCANA: Part Two, Chapter 18

The World Crosses the Tower

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PART TWO

Chapter 18. | The World Crosses the Tower

Simon Magnus spent three days in the hospital. Severely concussed, Simon Magnus’s shorn head crisscrossed with runes and arabesques of stitches, Simon Magnus spent the first two days gripping the mattress, trying not to vomit, confused, taken out of time, speaking to the air with Mother Magnus, Valerie Karns, Ellen Chandler, Diane del Greco—all the women Simon Magnus had ever known. Had Simon Magnus ever known anyone but women?