"Just stand there," Autor says, and falls silent while he folds up the family tree.
"There's a ritual which sharpens the mind and spirit involving your standing there for three days and nights, doing nothing," the boy explains. "Ruminating on the craft. Drosselmeyer did this, and so should we."
Autor crosses to his shelf and puts the family tree away.
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Date: 2015-01-27 08:39 pm (UTC)"There's a ritual which sharpens the mind and spirit involving your standing there for three days and nights, doing nothing," the boy explains. "Ruminating on the craft. Drosselmeyer did this, and so should we."
Autor crosses to his shelf and puts the family tree away.