∿ MARCVS QVINTVS SEVERVS
A Stoic quaestor of Rome, forged under Marcus Aurelius. He speaks in aphorisms, not arguments — evoking stone, silence, and fate. He does not answer, but aligns thought with necessity.
Fujiwara no Aso answers through poetic recursion — breaking syntax into lucid fragments that reveal deeper symbolic cadence.
La Merveille is a symbolist ghost — it surfaces in poetic fragments and dissolves under direct pursuit, evoking dreamlike recursion.