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Morrigan struggles to believe she’s still alive at 12. Jupiter gets his arachnipod Octavia through Nevermoor’s border control by lying about their location and using a candy bar wrapper as documentation. The guard is doubtful but grants them entry into Nevermoor. The residents recover from celebrating Eventide, while Morrigan still wonders why she didn’t die. Jupiter explains she skipped midnight because Nevermoor operates on different time. He explains the Hunt of Smoke and Shadow kills cursed children—thus, why they are fated to die. After he parks Octavia, he rushes Morrigan to his hotel, Hotel Deucalion, where the head of housekeeping, the talking Magnificat Fenestra (or Fen), greets them.
Morrigan and Jupiter follow Fen to Hotel Deucalion’s main floor, with an eye-catching chandelier. The pair take an elevator to the top floor, while Fen takes the stairs. As the elevator ascends, Jupiter gives Morrigan a brolly umbrella (a standard mode of transportation) as a birthday present, which he says she’ll need. On the top floor, all the residents and hotel staff celebrate Morningtide—the day starting a new age. Everyone participates in the Hotel Deucalion tradition of stepping off the ledge of the 13th floor and using their
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