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This was certainly not a castle built in modern times; Marvin was struck by this thought as soon as he stepped through the grand entrance.
Row upon row of thick, robust striped columns shot up into the heavens, their capitals shaped like inverted bells adorned with jagged, leaf-like ornaments, resembling baskets brimming with scrolls of verdant foliage, opulent to the extreme and brimming with the noble beauty of vitality. These were the classic Corinthian columns popular during the ancient Greek era, and on the high ceilings above the columns were night stones inset, their bluish-white glow illuminating exquisite religious paintings that depicted not humans but some kind of elaborate, colorfully painted winged monsters.
They were identical to the Transcendent beings Marvin had fought with Evelyn tonight.
