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Dust In Golden Compass
Dust is a very important feature in the book Golden Compass. Dust is the feature that connects humans to their dæmons. A dæmons is a soul that can talk and is in the form of an animal. It sends the Dust to the human to allow the human consciousness. This being is actually somewhat of a soul that can talk and is in the form of an animal. If the bond between a human and their dæmon is severed both the human and the dæmon die. If it happens after your Dust has settled on you and you become an adult you simply become a lifeless shell. It is Dust that provides the answers given by the Alethiometer. An Alethiometer is a small, gold-colored, compass-like device that had a single use which is to tell the truth. 'Althea' meaning Truth gives its name.
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