
“I keep the lighthouse. It’s an anchovy tin with a torch in it. Nobody’s lighthouse is perfect.” Once the Opener is beaten, Lumen hands over the nutcracker, which opens walnuts and nothing else.
The facts
- Kind
- Person
- World
- The sardine-tin sea
- Appears in
- Always On
- Found in
- The sardine-tin sea, in Always On
In their own words
I keep the lighthouse. It’s an anchovy tin with a torch in it. Nobody’s lighthouse is perfect.
Lumen, Always OnIf you get past the Opener, come and see me. I might have something for the walnut.
Lumen, Always OnYou stopped the Opener. The whole sea heard.
Lumen, Always OnHere. It was my mother’s. It opens walnuts and nothing else.
Lumen, Always OnYou got the nutcracker.
Narration, Always OnThe walnut’s on the Slopwright’s shelf. Crack it gently. There are people in there.
Lumen, Always On
Connections
- keeps The lighthouse
- gives away Nutcracker
