Philemon is in his Riddling Hall; and therefore he is riddling.<\/p>\n
“Consider this: may any touch Our Imperial Majesty without permission?” he asks.<\/p>\n
The assembled philosophers rumble, no.<\/p>\n
“Yet does a man’s shadow not cling to his feet?”<\/p>\n
“Not when he skips,” chirps a little girl, as the crowd gapes around her.<\/p>\n
“You again!” sniffs Philemon. “Well, consider this: in my Riddling Hall I am lit with a thousand lanterns, my shadow trapped under my feet! Can I not be said to have conquered darkness?”<\/p>\n
“Well, if you trap your shadow in a box,” asks Corbin, “what does that make you?”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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