
Chapters 22 and 23 - Gene Wolfe's The Shadow of the Torturer
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The Botanic Gardens - The Lake of Birds
The Garden of Endless Sleep is literally the Garden of Death. The dead are stuffed with something like lead shot and dropped into a lake at a specific point, marking that point on a map so you can pull up your loved one to look at them or examine them if you would like to. It has a preservative effect on them and keeps the bodies as fresh as they were when they were put in.
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