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To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devil his due.
— The Sandman · 1989
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What it means
Our interpretation.
Hob makes room in one glass for friendship, regret and the uncertain business ahead. The final courtesy to the devil acquires particular bite because Dream is actually preparing to face Hell. The warmth of the toast gives that journey a human point of departure.
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In The Sandman #22, the first chapter of Season of Mists (1991 cover date), Dream visits Hob Gadling in a dream before returning to Hell. He brings wine, and Hob raises this farewell toast. The selected wording has ‘the season of mists’ and ‘each and every one of us’, as in the corroborating written transcriptions. The encounter is a private farewell between old friends.
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- The Sandman #22 — written source 2Season of Mists: Chapter One; quotation and sceneReference checked
- The Sandman #22 — written source 3Season of Mists: Chapter One; quotation and sceneReference checked
- The Sandman #22 — written source 4Season of Mists: Chapter One; quotation and sceneReference checked
- The Sandman #22 — written source 5Season of Mists: Chapter One; quotation and sceneReference checked
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