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Catherine Parker's avatar

What surprised me was that there were FOUR sights. I'm used to events happening in groups of three in stories.

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James Baquet's avatar

You're right! Even my folklore comparisons are in threes.

I kind of feel like (aside from their being intuitive) that "old age, sickness, and death" are the "three." The monk is a topper, a transition to the next step of finding the path. (It actually sort of "jangles"; three negatives and a positive.)

I spend a lot of time thinking about this story!

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