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* [[TheOldGods Ryn]], the main character of Literature/TheOneWhoEatsMonsters, looks like a slightly underfed five-foot tall, sixteen-year old girl who weighs "one hundred and three pounds." But she always wears sunglasses to hide her eyes, which are black with irises made of blue fire, and they're older than humanity. (In fact, Ryn is older than ''Time.'') If a human sees her eyes, ancient instincts will cause them to either freeze or flee in panic as the weight of all the ages falls upon them.

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* [[TheOldGods Ryn]], the main character of Literature/TheOneWhoEatsMonsters, ''Literature/TheOneWhoEatsMonsters'', looks like a slightly underfed five-foot tall, sixteen-year old girl who weighs "one hundred and three pounds." But she always wears sunglasses to hide her eyes, which are black with irises made of blue fire, and they're older than humanity. (In fact, Ryn is older than ''Time.'') If a human sees her eyes, ancient instincts will cause them to either freeze or flee in panic as the weight of all the ages falls upon them.
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* ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' has Alia Atreides, whose unusual birth renders her precocious in the extreme, but with ancient eyes that only become more unnerving when they get the blue-on-blue tint. The page image is from [[Film/Dune1984 1984 film]], and Alicia Witt manages to convey that aspect of her.

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* ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' has Alia Atreides, whose unusual birth renders her precocious in the extreme, but with ancient eyes that only become more unnerving when they get the blue-on-blue tint. The page image is from [[Film/Dune1984 1984 film]], and Alicia Witt manages to convey that aspect of her.
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[[caption-width-right:300:They say the eyes are the window to the soul. This poor kid has [[WarIsHell seen enough trauma]] to last ten lifetimes.]]


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[[caption-width-right:316: Try looking into that place you dare not look and you'll see ''her'' staring back at you.]]

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* Nolan of ''The Ashtown Burials'' is [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really Several Thousand Years Old]], and WhoWantsToLiveForever is in [[ICannotSelfTerminate full]] [[ImmortalityHurts effect]]. He looks physically in his mid-teens but his eyes are described as old and weary, "beaten as river rocks".

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* In many, ''many'' Literature/HarryPotter fanfiction Harry -- especially those stories set after the events of the books -- Harry is often described by people meeting him for the first time as having "eyes that carry a history of pain" (and other poetic phrases describing the same thing) despite having a relatively boyish appearance.



* The PeggySue ''Fanfic/TheCuttingEdge'' has this apply to Laurel. Both Quentin and [[spoiler:Ra's]] comment on it, and its one of the things [[spoiler:that convince the latter that she's an agent of the Monitor]].

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* The PeggySue ''Fanfic/TheCuttingEdge'' has this apply to Laurel. Both Quentin and [[spoiler:Ra's]] comment on it, and its it's one of the things [[spoiler:that convince the latter that she's an agent of the Monitor]].

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