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Barbelith.
There's an interesting overlap here with where Barbelith happens to be in space and the themes present in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Barbelith....
Interesting call back to Jack's experience at the end of the last volume.
Edith seemed wholly unprepared for what happened to her with the magic mirror and exposure to Barbelith, how the entire experience transformed her.