Horn-rimmed Glasses

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Book 1 · Ch. 32

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Horn-rimmed Glasses begin as a simple, uncoloured accessory perched on Marcus’s bird-like nose in The Will of the Many, their torch-lit reflections underscoring his watchful, scholarly presence. Across the series they evolve from passive detail to active symbol of perception and hidden knowledge, their plain lenses contrasting with the Sextus tinted variety and hinting at Marcus’s refusal to view the Hierarchy through rose-coloured filters. By later volumes the glasses become a quiet signature of Marcus’s growing influence, their unbroken frames mirroring his unbroken commitment to clarity amid political distortion.