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The Burnished Mirror is a god of quiet.

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Description[]

The Burnished Mirror is a hairdresser's god. They offer nonbelievers free haircuts.[1]

"...someone told me, there’s a new hairdresser’s god of quiet that’s worshipped out on the north-west coast.
I’m not even joking. The Children Of The Burnished Mirror, they call themselves.
They’re a licenced faith, based in Gladda, and they offer, uh, free trims to nonbelievers.
Nobody speaks. Nobody makes a sound.
They just show you to a chair, there’s the gentle snip-snip of scissors and the tzcch of the seltzer bottle, and you get to enjoy a quiet that feels deeper than any ordinary quiet has the right to be.
It’s very restful. I think you’d like it. Pay them a visit sometime. Give yourself a little treat."
- Brother Wharfing[1]

Trivia[]

  • Hayward tells Carpenter that the idea of it sounds terrible.[2]

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