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<blockquote>''"The summit of Winking Isle is two dozen paces across, a flat lawn of springy grass -- black, or a deep green that seems black in this light. In the very centre stands a Well of black brick. As you cross the grass, scents arise: crushed flowers, camphor, ice. There may, or may not be, a lighthouse."''<ref name = "the well">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Well|The Well|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>''"The summit of Winking Isle is two dozen paces across, a flat lawn of springy grass -- black, or a deep green that seems black in this light. In the very centre stands a Well of black brick. As you cross the grass, scents arise: crushed flowers, camphor, ice. There may, or may not be, a lighthouse."''<ref name = "the well">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Well|The Well|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
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"The summit of Winking Isle is two dozen paces across, a flat lawn of springy grass -- black, or a deep green that seems black in this light. In the very centre stands a Well of black brick. As you cross the grass, scents arise: crushed flowers, camphor, ice. There may, or may not be, a lighthouse."[1]
Winking Isle is a lonely island accessible via sleep and a ritual.[2][3] It exists on the line dividing the High Wilderness and Parabola,[4] but is also said to be located in the eastern Unterzee.[5] When seen through dreams, the surroundings of Winking Isle are quite surreal: the "ocean" below is a starry night, and the "sky" above is the sea.[6] Winking Isle itself has a gravel path leading to its summit from a sandy shore; the summit is a candlelit lawn of dark green grass with a well of black brick at its center. The area has a distinct scent of crushed flowers, camphor, and ice.[7][8] Traditionally, the well is circled thrice at a time, but seven times is "consistent."[9]
The Lighthouse of Winking Isle is not here and gives off no light, yet still "flashes." It has no door,[10] but seven thousand steps lead to its topmost floor, and sigils of the Correspondence mark the walls along the way. The top floor contains a lens and apparatus, as well as journals of Mr Candles penned in an idiom of the Correspondence on meteorites and leather.[11] In the past, Candles held dominion over dreams,[12] and the Lighthouse may be from where he lit the "edge of sleep."[11][13]
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