dull buzzing contraption, it sits upon the dusty mantlepiece and ticks away the hours, waiting for the heavens to open up and guide its steps.
- first line is a personality reference (he bides his time), as well as a reference to his magic (guided by heaven, dusty mantelpiece)
it knows itself to be a good machine, a bronze statue in a stone age, a clock drumming mechanically as the world spins around it.
- he thinks he is superior to others- bronze in a stone age.
blueprints spread on the white table show no superfluous design, bearded men in a smoky room pouring over plots and plans.
- He's white with grey 'blue' splotches, has a beard, and smoky is another color ref
the doors are tightly shut, defended from those without their grace, fear of water spilling across the machine never far from its thoughts - for women are a clumsy sort, not obedient like magic and machine.
- he dislikes water because of what it does to his magic. He also does not have a lover or mate.
silence is virtuous.
- idk. fluff
family is unaccounted for.
- he has family in Helovia that he doesn't know about
only the ticking of time leaves impression to the dull buzzing contraption on the dusty mantlepiece.
- throwback to the first line, personality reference on how he bides his time and waits to take over