12 - Path
A path suggests something narrower and perhaps less clearly marked than a road.
Morpheus says “there’s a difference between knowing the path and walking the path” in The Matrix. The Crow ends with Jane Siberry speaking of how “we walk the narrow path beneath the smoking skies” and City Of Angels ends with Heather Nova singing “I believe there’s a path we follow...” The end of the Tenth Doctor’s era in Doctor Who begins with a hymn that “there is always a path, we walk it all our lives...”
Pathfinder emphasises paths have to be found.
And the Onyx Path heads into the horizon.
All suggest going out past the roads where civilisation ends, possibly going into literal danger and wilderness or possibly seeking wisdom. And that it isn’t easy.
(Of course you can also have a garden path, but work with me here.)
12a - 3, 7, 3
Where, Lucky, Genre
Going in search of mystical answers all gets a bit too metaphysical for the genre you’re in. Buffy didn’t take her vision quests entirely seriously. To be fair, one involved Giles jumping out of a circle of sticks and back in and shaking a magic gourd. Presentation is important when trying to seem mysterious and wise.
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