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The unnamed narrator of the entry "''Winnowing''" in the Lore Book ''[[Lore:Inspiral|Inspiral]]'' writes in a similar style and tone as the Winnower in ''Unveiling'', and the entry itself appears to reference and elaborate slightly on the information presented in the previous Lore Book.<ref name="Inspiral Winnowing"/> The narrator of the entry describes how a garden requires both a gardener to care for its plants, and a winnower to prune away excess growth and rot; if there is no winnower to do the pruning, the plants will be forced to do it themselves lest the garden deteriorate. Much as with ''Unveiling'', this description appears to be allegorical, and seems to suggest that both the Darkness and Light are necessary to maintain the stability of life and civilization within the universe; as the narrator states, ''"there can be no gardens without knives"''.<ref name="Inspiral Winnowing"/> | The unnamed narrator of the entry "''Winnowing''" in the Lore Book ''[[Lore:Inspiral|Inspiral]]'' writes in a similar style and tone as the Winnower in ''Unveiling'', and the entry itself appears to reference and elaborate slightly on the information presented in the previous Lore Book.<ref name="Inspiral Winnowing"/> The narrator of the entry describes how a garden requires both a gardener to care for its plants, and a winnower to prune away excess growth and rot; if there is no winnower to do the pruning, the plants will be forced to do it themselves lest the garden deteriorate. Much as with ''Unveiling'', this description appears to be allegorical, and seems to suggest that both the Darkness and Light are necessary to maintain the stability of life and civilization within the universe; as the narrator states, ''"there can be no gardens without knives"''.<ref name="Inspiral Winnowing"/> | ||
Following the revelation that the Witness and its Black Fleet were behind the Collapse and other historical events once attributed to the Darkness itself, and the discovery that [[Stasis]] and [[Strand]] could be wielded by Guardians without inevitably leading to moral corruption, the Vanguard has for the most part come to regard the Darkness as a neutral force, without any form of guiding intent or moral connotations associated with its use <ref>'''Bungie (2024/7/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Final Shape]] - [[Lore:Chirality|Chirality]]: [[Lore:Chirality#Cacosmia|Cacosmia]]''</ref>. Similarly, various statements once ascribed to the Darkness have since been recontextualized as instead originating from the Witness, which was referred to by [[Mara Sov]] as "the Voice in the Darkness".{{citation needed}} After reading ''[[Lore:Unveiling|Unveiling]]'', [[Ikora Rey]] stated that messages were in fact narrated by the Witness, which it had deceitfully presented itself as a "monolithic cosmic force"; however, in a later conversation with [[Mara Sov]], she wondered whether the texts were in fact a shadow of the truth, in which the Witness was merely a pawn of some other force<ref name="TFK"/>. | Following the revelation that the Witness and its Black Fleet were behind the Collapse and other historical events once attributed to the Darkness itself, and the discovery that [[Stasis]] and [[Strand]] could be wielded by Guardians without inevitably leading to moral corruption, the Vanguard has for the most part come to regard the Darkness as a neutral force, without any form of guiding intent or moral connotations associated with its use <ref>'''Bungie (2024/7/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Final Shape]] - [[Lore:Chirality|Chirality]]: [[Lore:Chirality#Cacosmia|Cacosmia]]''</ref>. Similarly, various statements once ascribed to the Darkness have since been recontextualized as instead originating from the Witness, which was referred to by [[Mara Sov]] as "the Voice in the Darkness".{{citation needed}} After reading ''[[Lore:Unveiling|Unveiling]]'', [[Ikora Rey]] stated that messages were in fact narrated by the Witness, which it had deceitfully presented itself as a "monolithic cosmic force"; however, in a later conversation with [[Mara Sov]], she wondered whether the texts were in fact a shadow of the truth, in which the Witness was merely a pawn of some other force<ref name="TFK"/>. | ||