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Tonight’s journey takes us into the glowing world of bioluminescence—from sparkling seas and deep-ocean lanterns, to fireflies in summer fields and the quiet glow of forest fungi.
Together, we’ll explore:
🌊 Shimmering plankton that turn bays into liquid constellations
🐠 Deep-sea creatures that use light to hunt, hide, and survive
✨ Fireflies and their magical dances on warm nights
🍄 Glowing mushrooms and mystical forests alive with subtle light
🌌 The deeper meaning of bioluminescence, both in nature and in science
This bedtime story is designed to soothe your mind, ease you into rest, and remind you of the quiet beauty hidden in the dark. Perfect for listening as you unwind, relax, or drift gently into sleep.
#SleepStory #BedtimeStory #Bioluminescence #RelaxingNarration #SleepAid #CalmStories #TheSleepyLoom #NatureStories #StorytimeForAdults #GentleSleep #NighttimeCalm #SleepMeditation #GlowingNature
Tonight’s journey takes us into the glowing world of bioluminescence—from sparkling seas and deep-ocean lanterns, to fireflies in summer fields and the quiet glow of forest fungi.
Together, we’ll explore:
🌊 Shimmering plankton that turn bays into liquid constellations
🐠 Deep-sea creatures that use light to hunt, hide, and survive
✨ Fireflies and their magical dances on warm nights
🍄 Glowing mushrooms and mystical forests alive with subtle light
🌌 The deeper meaning of bioluminescence, both in nature and in science
This bedtime story is designed to soothe your mind, ease you into rest, and remind you of the quiet beauty hidden in the dark. Perfect for listening as you unwind, relax, or drift gently into sleep.
#SleepStory #BedtimeStory #Bioluminescence #RelaxingNarration #SleepAid #CalmStories #TheSleepyLoom #NatureStories #StorytimeForAdults #GentleSleep #NighttimeCalm #SleepMeditation #GlowingNature
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00:00Hello and welcome to The Sleepy Loom. I'm so glad you are here.
00:03Tonight we are going to drift together into a world that glows gently in the dark,
00:08an ancient phenomenon that connects oceans, forests, and even the skies above us.
00:13Our story tonight is about bioluminescence, how nature creates living light.
00:19This is a tale of science and wonder woven together,
00:22where creatures of land and sea turn darkness into quiet radiance.
00:26Their light is not like the harsh glare of lamps or the shimmer of neon.
00:30It is softer, organic, almost like a whispered secret of the natural world.
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00:51Now, let us gently enter the story of nature's own lanterns.
00:55Long before human hands struck flint against stone,
00:58before the first sparks lit the walls of ancient caves,
01:01the earth already held light in its nights.
01:04Not only the distant glow of stars or the pale wash of the moon,
01:08but something more secret, more intimate, a light that came from life itself.
01:13This soft radiance, born within living organisms, is called bioluminescence.
01:18The word carries both poetry and precision.
01:21Bios means life, and lumen means light.
01:23Together, they describe an ancient gift.
01:26The ability of creatures to glow in the dark,
01:28to turn invisible chemistry into quiet radiance.
01:32It is not the violent crackle of fire,
01:35not the fleeting spark of struck metal,
01:37not even reflection from sun or moon.
01:39It is a steady pulse of life,
01:41created within cells, refined across millions of years.
01:45For those who first witnessed it,
01:47the glow must have seemed like enchantment.
01:49Sailors crossing dark seas spoke of waters
01:52that glittered beneath the hulls of their ships,
01:55as though stars had slipped from the heavens into the waves.
01:59They told stories of sea spirits trailing them through the night,
02:02or gods leaving luminous paths beneath the surface.
02:06In China, over 2,000 years ago,
02:09scholars carefully described glowing fungi that lit the forest floor,
02:13casting an unearthly shimmer across damp roots and fallen leaves.
02:18The philosopher Aristotle, writing in the Mediterranean,
02:22noted fish that gave off light even after being caught and taken from the water,
02:26a glow that persisted long after death,
02:29baffling observers of his time.
02:31What those ancient voices recorded were fragments of a vast truth,
02:35that the world is filled with creatures who shine.
02:38From the abyss of the oceans to hidden caves,
02:41from humid rainforests to windswept shores,
02:44countless beings weave their light into the night.
02:47Their glow is not random.
02:49It has purpose, meaning, and beauty.
02:51At the heart of bioluminescence lies a subtle dance of molecules.
02:55Within the cells of glowing organisms is a compound called luciferin.
02:59When it reacts with oxygen,
03:01helped along by an enzyme called luciferase,
03:03it releases energy.
03:04But instead of turning that energy into heat, as fire does,
03:08the energy emerges as light.
03:10This process is astonishingly efficient.
03:13While a flame wastes most of its power on heat,
03:16bioluminescence is cool, almost serene,
03:19a lantern lit without warmth or smoke,
03:21and the colors vary.
03:23Some species shine in green,
03:25others in golden yellow,
03:26others still in ghostly blue.
03:28In the depths of the sea,
03:30where most light is absorbed quickly,
03:32blue and green dominate,
03:33for these wavelengths travel farthest through water.
03:37Along the forest floor,
03:38fungi may glow with a pale emerald hue.
03:41Fireflies flicker with warm amber flashes
03:43that drift across meadows like drifting sparks.
03:46In rarer cases,
03:47creatures produce faint reds,
03:49colors far less common but no less striking.
03:52This glow is not merely decoration.
03:55It is ancient,
03:56far older than cities,
03:58older than the very idea of written words.
04:00It stretches back hundreds of millions of years,
04:03long before the first humans looked up at the stars.
04:06To understand it is to glimpse the continuity of life itself,
04:10shaped and refined by endless cycles of survival.
04:13And so when we speak of bioluminescence,
04:16we speak not just of chemistry,
04:17nor of biology alone.
04:19We speak of a phenomenon that ties us to every era of Earth's story.
04:22It is a thread woven into the living fabric of the planet,
04:26an inheritance shared by oceans, forests, caves, and skies.
04:30In the quiet light of living things,
04:32we find both mystery and truth.
04:35Creatures hunting and hiding,
04:36courting and warning,
04:37surviving and thriving,
04:39all by shining softly in the dark.
04:41And as we follow the story of this glow,
04:44moving from seas to forests,
04:46from myths to science,
04:47we begin to see how life has always carried its own lanterns,
04:50burning gently, endlessly, in the night.
04:54If there is one place where bioluminescence truly reigns,
04:57it is the ocean.
04:59Nearly 90% of deep-sea creatures are capable of producing light,
05:04making the sea not a place of endless darkness,
05:06as we once imagined,
05:08but a realm alive with hidden lanterns.
05:11In every layer of its waters,
05:13from the shallow coastal bays
05:14to the pitch-black trenches miles below,
05:17the ocean is home to some of the most breathtaking displays
05:20of living glow on our planet.
05:22Picture the surface of the ocean on a still, moonless night.
05:26At first, the water appears dark and quiet,
05:29stretching outward like a sheet of ink.
05:31But then, as movement stirs the surface,
05:33perhaps the brush of a hand,
05:35the dip of a paddle,
05:36or the sweep of a passing fish,
05:39the darkness begins to glitter,
05:41tiny sparks appear,
05:42swirling and shimmering,
05:43until the water itself seems alive with stars.
05:46This glow is created by microscopic plankton,
05:49most famously a group of single-celled organisms
05:52known as dinoflagellates.
05:54Though each one is invisible to the naked eye,
05:57together they bloom in uncountable numbers,
05:59and when disturbed,
06:01they release brief but dazzling flashes of blue-green light.
06:04To sailors drifting across tropical waters,
06:08this effect can be astonishing.
06:10A ship's wake may appear like a glowing ribbon stretching behind them,
06:14a liquid constellation mirroring the stars above.
06:18Dolphins swimming alongside may cut luminous trails with their fins,
06:21their bodies outlined in radiant sparks as they leap and dive.
06:25For the people who first witnessed this centuries ago,
06:28the glowing sea was a mystery,
06:30explained only by myth and wonder,
06:33sea spirits, guardians,
06:34or the very breath of gods moving beneath the surface.
06:37But for the plankton themselves,
06:40the glow serves a purpose.
06:42It is thought to be a defense,
06:44a way of startling smaller predators
06:45or calling in larger ones,
06:48turning the tables on whatever threatens them.
06:51When billions of these organisms glow at once,
06:53they transform entire bays and coastlines
06:55into radiant wonders.
06:58One of the most famous is Mosquito Bay in Vieques, Puerto Rico,
07:01often called the brightest bioluminescent bay in the world.
07:05On certain nights,
07:06every ripple,
07:07every movement,
07:08whether made by fish darting through the shallows,
07:11the dip of a kayak paddle,
07:12or even the brush of a swimmer's arm,
07:15creates shimmering trails of light.
07:17For those lucky enough to witness it,
07:19the water feels like a sky of shooting stars,
07:22only this time spread across the sea,
07:25close enough to touch.
07:27And yet,
07:27this is only the surface.
07:30As we descend deeper into the ocean,
07:32sunlight fades quickly.
07:33By about 200 meters down,
07:35the sun's rays weaken into perpetual twilight.
07:38This region is known as the mesopelagic,
07:41or the twilight zone.
07:42Here,
07:43bioluminescence is not a rare phenomenon,
07:45but a near necessity.
07:47For creatures that live in this dim world,
07:49light becomes a tool for survival.
07:51The lanternfish,
07:52one of the most abundant species on Earth,
07:54carries rows of light-producing organs
07:56called photophores along its body.
07:58These organs shine downward,
08:01mimicking the faint sunlight above,
08:03a technique called counter-illumination.
08:06To a predator lurking below,
08:07the lanternfish nearly disappears,
08:09blending seamlessly with the faint glow of the surface.
08:12This clever camouflage
08:14helps countless species navigate
08:16the dangerous balance between being seen
08:18and staying hidden.
08:20Other animals turn light into a lure.
08:22The anglerfish is perhaps the most iconic
08:25of these nighttime hunters.
08:27Its body is dark and nearly invisible,
08:29but extending from its head
08:30is a fleshy stalk
08:31tipped with a bulb of glowing bacteria.
08:34In the pitch-black waters of the deep,
08:36this glow is irresistible to small fish
08:39who mistake it for food
08:40or the glimmer of safety.
08:42They swim closer,
08:43curious,
08:44unaware of the danger,
08:45until in an instant,
08:46the anglerfish strikes,
08:48swallowing them whole.
08:49And then there are the jellyfish,
08:52drifting slowly through the currents.
08:55Some species shimmer
08:56with cascading pulses of blue and green,
08:59like gentle lanterns in constant motion.
09:02Others are capable of sudden bursts
09:03of brightness when threatened,
09:05flashing so intensely
09:06that predators are startled,
09:08giving the jellyfish a chance
09:09to drift safely away.
09:11To see them, suspended in the water,
09:13is like watching cosmic lanterns
09:15floating in silence,
09:16galaxies made of flesh and light.
09:19Deeper still in the abyssal zone,
09:21miles beneath the surface
09:22where no sunlight has ever reached,
09:25bioluminescence becomes almost surreal.
09:27Shrimp release glowing clouds
09:29to confuse attackers.
09:31Squid eject streams of luminous ink,
09:33leaving behind radiant smoke screens.
09:36Fish with transparent bodies
09:37glow from within,
09:38their organs softly outlined
09:40against the dark.
09:42In these depths,
09:43where pressure is immense
09:44and temperatures icy cold,
09:46light is often the only form
09:47of communication.
09:49The only way to find food,
09:50or even to recognize others
09:52of the same kind.
09:53And so the ocean is not
09:54the dark emptiness
09:55it once seemed to human eyes.
09:57It is filled with lanterns,
09:59sparks, pulses,
10:00and whispers of glow,
10:01a language of survival and beauty
10:03spoken by countless creatures
10:05across the vast waters of the earth.
10:07In every flicker and flash lies a story,
10:10one written not in words,
10:12but in living light.
10:14While the ocean holds
10:15most of Earth's glowing life,
10:17the land, too,
10:18has its quiet luminaries.
10:20Here, among trees and grasses,
10:22caves and damp soil,
10:23we find sparks of light
10:25that feel closer to us,
10:26tiny beacons that glow
10:27not in vast underwater abysses,
10:30but in meadows,
10:31woodlands,
10:31and hidden caverns.
10:33Perhaps the most beloved
10:34of these terrestrial lanterns
10:36are the fireflies,
10:37sometimes called lightning bugs,
10:39who grace warm evenings
10:40with their gentle golden flashes.
10:42Despite their delicate glow,
10:44fireflies are not fragile spirits,
10:46but beetles,
10:47members of the same broad order
10:48that includes ladybugs and scarabs.
10:51Their light,
10:51like that of plankton or deep-sea fish,
10:54is created by the dance of luciferin
10:55and luciferase within their bodies.
10:58Yet fireflies use their glow
11:00for a different purpose.
11:01For them,
11:02it is not defense or camouflage,
11:04but romance.
11:05Each species has its own rhythm of flashes.
11:08Some blink quickly,
11:09others pulse more slowly,
11:11while others trace a rising rhythm
11:13that drifts through the air
11:14like a musical phrase.
11:17Males float through fields and gardens,
11:19sending out their luminous signals,
11:21while females wait in the grass
11:23or low branches,
11:24responding with their own measured flickers.
11:27To human eyes,
11:28the meadow appears like a landscape
11:29dotted with playful sparks.
11:31But for the fireflies,
11:33each glow is a carefully timed message,
11:36a language of attraction
11:37carried through the night
11:38by light itself.
11:41The sight of fireflies is enchanting
11:43not only for its beauty,
11:44but for the feelings it stirs.
11:47Their presence has inspired folklore
11:48in many cultures.
11:50In Japan,
11:51fireflies are called hotaru,
11:53and their glow is seen
11:54as the souls of the departed,
11:56carrying memory and spirit
11:57into the humid summer nights.
12:00In the Philippines,
12:01they are sometimes thought of
12:02as stars that have fallen
12:04from the heavens
12:04and taken up life
12:05among the grasses.
12:07In parts of North America,
12:09children chase them
12:10through fields at dusk,
12:12cupping their hands
12:13around a tiny flicker of gold,
12:15marveling as the small insect
12:17continues to blink inside a jar.
12:20These childhood memories,
12:21warm nights,
12:22bare feet in the grass,
12:23the air thick with the sound
12:24of crickets,
12:25are often marked
12:26by the soft magic of fireflies.
12:29But fireflies are only one chapter
12:30in the story
12:31of terrestrial bioluminescence.
12:34In tropical forests,
12:35glowing fungi spread their pale light
12:37across fallen logs
12:38and damp earth.
12:40Known historically as foxfire
12:42or fairy fire,
12:44these mushrooms shine
12:45with a steady greenish hue.
12:47Though faint,
12:48their glow is visible enough
12:49in darkness
12:49that travelers centuries ago
12:51described using them
12:52to illuminate paths
12:53through the woods.
12:54Indigenous peoples
12:55across South America
12:56spoke of them
12:57as enchanted lights,
12:59sometimes protective,
13:00sometimes mischievous.
13:03Scientists studying them today
13:04believe their glow
13:05may serve a practical purpose,
13:07to draw insects in the night.
13:10These visitors,
13:11attracted by the faint shimmer,
13:12may help spread the fungi's spores,
13:14carrying them to new soils.
13:16In this way,
13:17even the silent fungi
13:19use light as a messenger.
13:21In other corners of the earth,
13:22light blooms underground,
13:24in the Waitomo caves of New Zealand,
13:27thousands of glowworms
13:28cling to the ceilings,
13:29their bodies producing
13:30a soft blue luminescence.
13:32From each larva
13:33hang long,
13:34silk-like threads,
13:35sticky strands
13:35that glisten faintly
13:37in the glow.
13:38Small insects,
13:39lured by the promise of light,
13:40fly toward it
13:41and become trapped,
13:42feeding the creatures
13:43that cast this subterranean sky.
13:46For visitors gliding in boats
13:47through those caverns,
13:49the sight is unforgettable.
13:50Above them stretches a canopy
13:52of what seems like countless stars,
13:54yet each one is alive,
13:56each one a hungry larva
13:57shining patiently in the dark.
13:59Even beyond fireflies,
14:02fungi,
14:02and glowworms,
14:04small traces of bioluminescence
14:06exist on land
14:07in other surprising ways.
14:09Some millipedes,
14:10found in the forests of California,
14:12release a faint green glow
14:13when threatened,
14:14warning predators to stay away.
14:16A few species of earthworms
14:18and centipedes
14:19have also been observed
14:20glowing faintly
14:21in damp soil.
14:23While these glows
14:24are not as well known
14:25or as bright,
14:26they remind us
14:26that the phenomenon
14:27is scattered across the land
14:29as well as the sea.
14:30Though not as abundant
14:31as in the oceans,
14:32terrestrial bioluminescence
14:34carries a special intimacy.
14:36Unlike the deep sea's
14:37vast spectacles,
14:38the glow on land
14:39is closer,
14:40smaller,
14:41often within reach
14:42of human hands.
14:43A firefly drifting past
14:45in a quiet garden,
14:47a mushroom glowing faintly
14:48on a rotting log,
14:50a cavern ceiling
14:51turned into a galaxy of worms.
14:53These moments invite us
14:54to pause,
14:55to feel wonder
14:56in the smallest sparks,
14:57and to remember
14:58that even in familiar landscapes,
15:00the earth hides
15:01soft secrets of light.
15:02Beyond survival,
15:03beyond beauty,
15:04bioluminescence tells us
15:06something profound
15:07about life itself.
15:08It is more than
15:09a trick of chemistry,
15:10more than a tool
15:11honed by evolution.
15:13It is a reminder
15:13of the resilience
15:14and creativity
15:15of living things
15:16and the ways
15:17in which nature
15:18finds light
15:18even in the darkest places.
15:21For many species,
15:22the glow is a language.
15:24It is communication
15:25whispered in flashes
15:26and pulses.
15:28Fireflies drift
15:28across fields,
15:29their signals
15:30carrying invitations
15:31across the summer air.
15:33In the depths
15:34of the sea,
15:35lanternfish light
15:36their undersides
15:36to vanish from view,
15:38while anglerfish
15:38use glowing lures
15:40to draw prey
15:40into striking distance.
15:42Some creatures
15:43flash rapidly
15:44to warn predators,
15:45their sudden bursts
15:46saying,
15:46do not approach.
15:48Others use their light
15:49as a trap,
15:50as jellyfish do
15:51when they unleash
15:51bright pulses
15:52to distract attackers,
15:54slipping away
15:55in the confusion.
15:56In every case,
15:57the glow is not
15:58decoration.
15:59It is dialogue,
16:00written not in words,
16:02but in photons.
16:03There is camouflage too,
16:05ingenious uses of light
16:06to dissolve
16:06into the background.
16:07In the twilight waters
16:09of the mesopelagic zone,
16:11countless creatures
16:12shine downward,
16:13producing just enough light
16:14to erase their shadows
16:15and blend seamlessly
16:16with the dim glow
16:17of the sea above.
16:19This trick,
16:20called counter-illumination,
16:22shows how adaptable
16:23and resourceful
16:24life can be.
16:25Even in places
16:26where light is scarce,
16:27creatures learn
16:28not only to live with it,
16:29but to master it.
16:31Some scientists believe
16:32bioluminescence
16:33may have even deeper origins,
16:35stretching back
16:36to Earth's earliest history.
16:38Billions of years ago,
16:40when oxygen first began
16:41to accumulate
16:41in the atmosphere,
16:43it was not always
16:44a blessing.
16:45To primitive organisms,
16:47oxygen could be toxic.
16:49Some researchers suggest
16:50that glowing molecules
16:51may have first evolved
16:52as a way to neutralize
16:53the dangerous byproducts
16:55of oxygen reactions.
16:57Over time,
16:57what began as a simple
16:59survival mechanism
17:00may have been refined
17:01into communication,
17:02camouflage,
17:02and hunting tools.
17:05If true,
17:05then bioluminescence
17:06carries within it
17:07the memory
17:08of life's first struggles
17:09to adapt
17:09to a changing planet.
17:12For humans,
17:12the glow has always
17:13been a source of wonder.
17:15Sailors,
17:15adrift on dark seas,
17:17once saw glowing waves
17:18as proof of spirits
17:19or divine presence.
17:21Poets have described
17:22the soft radiance
17:23of fireflies
17:24as nature's quiet lamp,
17:26a gentle reminder
17:27that beauty can emerge
17:28even from the night.
17:30Children in forests
17:31and fields
17:32have watched glowing fungi
17:33and insects with awe,
17:35seeing in them
17:36a touch of magic.
17:37The glow,
17:38whether in oceans
17:39or gardens,
17:40has never failed
17:40to stir the imagination.
17:42In modern times,
17:43science has given us
17:44new ways
17:45to appreciate
17:45this phenomenon.
17:47Bioluminescence
17:48has become more
17:48than a subject
17:49of curiosity.
17:50It has become a tool.
17:52The green fluorescent protein,
17:54first discovered
17:55in a glowing jellyfish,
17:56has been harnessed
17:57by researchers
17:58to illuminate processes
17:59inside human cells.
18:00By attaching this protein
18:03to specific genes,
18:04scientists can watch
18:05as those genes activate,
18:07tracing the inner workings
18:08of life in real time.
18:10This discovery
18:11has advanced medicine,
18:13deepened our understanding
18:14of diseases,
18:15and even earned
18:16the Nobel Prize
18:16in chemistry in 2008.
18:19In this way,
18:20bioluminescence
18:21has traveled
18:21from dark oceans
18:22and hidden forests
18:23into the bright halls
18:24of laboratories,
18:26helping us see ourselves
18:27more clearly.
18:27And yet,
18:29even with all this knowledge,
18:31there remains beauty
18:31in the unknown.
18:34Each year,
18:35explorers and scientists
18:36uncover new species
18:37that glow
18:37in unexpected ways,
18:39deep-sea fish
18:40with luminous organs
18:41never before seen,
18:43fungi that shine
18:44in remote jungles,
18:45even insects
18:46whose flashes
18:46carry patterns
18:47still undeciphered.
18:49For all that we understand,
18:51there is still mystery,
18:52reminding us
18:53that life
18:53is endlessly inventive.
18:55Each flicker,
18:56each glow,
18:56tells us that light
18:57is not only above us
18:58in the stars,
18:59but also within life itself,
19:01in countless small forms.
19:03It is in the firefly
19:04drifting across a summer meadow.
19:06It is in the plankton
19:07blooming in tropical bays.
19:09It is in the shrimp
19:10and squid and fish
19:11of the abyss,
19:12flashing their secret signals.
19:14Everywhere,
19:15the message is the same.
19:16Light belongs
19:17not just to the heavens,
19:18but to Earth itself.
19:21Bioluminescence, then,
19:21is not simply
19:22a scientific phenomenon.
19:24It is a reminder
19:24of connection,
19:25the way life adapts,
19:27survives,
19:27and even thrives
19:28in darkness.
19:30It tells us
19:31that resilience
19:31is written into the story
19:33of every creature,
19:34that even in the deepest oceans
19:36and darkest forests,
19:37life finds ways to shine.
19:39And for us,
19:40watching quietly,
19:42it is nature's gentle assurance
19:43that even in the quietest,
19:45deepest night,
19:46there is always light
19:47waiting to be found.
19:48And so,
19:50as we drift
19:50to the close
19:51of tonight's journey,
19:52let us carry with us
19:53the memory
19:54of glowing waters,
19:55quiet forests,
19:57and the hidden lanterns
19:58of the deep.
19:59These gentle sparks
20:00remind us
20:01that life is never
20:02without light,
20:03even in its darkest corners.
20:05Each shimmer,
20:06whether from the sea,
20:07the woods,
20:08or the sky above,
20:09is a reminder
20:09that wonder
20:10is always near,
20:11waiting softly
20:12in the shadows.
20:14Thank you for spending
20:15this time with me here
20:16at the Sleepy Loom.
20:17I hope these stories
20:18have brought you
20:19not only calm and comfort,
20:20but also a sense of connection
20:22to nature,
20:23to mystery,
20:24and to the quiet beauty
20:26woven through the world
20:27around us.
20:28If this journey
20:29has eased your mind
20:30or sparked your imagination,
20:32I would be grateful
20:33if you could like this video,
20:35subscribe to the channel,
20:36and share your thoughts
20:37in the comments below.
20:39Each note,
20:40each gesture of support,
20:42helps this small circle
20:43of light grow brighter.
20:45So together,
20:46we can keep weaving
20:46these gentle tales
20:47night after night.
20:49And now,
20:50as you settle into rest,
20:51may your night be peaceful,
20:53your dreams deep and soothing,
20:54and may they be touched,
20:56if only for a moment,
20:57by a soft and glowing light.
21:00Good night.
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