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1* The revisiting of the idea that Death is possibly the most lonely being in all existence, as realised by Susan in ''Literature/SoulMusic'', and underlined in ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}''... but with the addition that not only is Susan the only person he really has, but vice versa too: Susan's slowly and inexorably drifting out of normal mortal reality and she can't do anything to stop it.
2* The imagery of Time herself walking through her glass palace, forever unable to interact with her son [[spoiler: (or, technically, sons, depending on whether or not one counts Lobsang and Jeremy as two separate people)]], is both desperately sad and profoundly haunting.

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