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  1. Public Bookmark 8

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    A shock tore the breath from her lungs. There was stone beneath her hands. The sound of rain still fell, but muffled now; as though the world had closed itself off beyond thick walls. Her limbs still refused her, her mind sluggish and heavy. She felt the vague sensation of being lifted, carried, voices–clearer, though distorted.

    “--him to the circle.”

    “The sister?”

    “She’s to be kept...”

    Vex tried to blink her eyes open, she flexed her hand, trying to force her body to respond to her demands to move but something struck her across the temple when she attempted to lift her head. A burst of white pain and then the dark swallowed her again.

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  2. Public Bookmark 5

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    Arms of ink and feather pinned him back against a nearby wall. Tendrils of black looped around his neck, spiraled around his chest and wrapped his limbs before pulling tight. He gasped from the cold pressure of his bindings, the shadows firm but not crushing, like an eerie cage that would not yield.

    “Vax’ildan,” she said, voice quiet as a prayer, yet heavy enough to drown him. “My call went unanswered.”

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    19 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 69

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    Qifrey, most days, had a hard time looking directly at Olruggio. If he looked right at Olruggio, he’d see the golden tassel, innocently attached to the point of Olruggio’s cap, and his stomach would twist until he felt like he was going to hurl. He bounced on the balls of his feet, suddenly feeling uncertain, because if Olruggio was the one crying it’d be even harder to look at him.
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    A few months after they had challenged the Tower of Tomes, Qifrey happens upon Olruggio crying alone in his room. Qifrey is terribly out of his depth. He tries anyway.

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    16 Jun 2026

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    "You know, I always thought I'd live somewhere with lots of people around," Olruggio tells him. The wine in his vessel is a rich pink colour. Qifrey made them olives and cheese with cabroccoli wrapped in ham for a late-night snack, but the pleasure was in the making, not in the eating. He sips his own vessel, listening. "But it's really nice out here, isn't it? Peaceful. Good for focussing."

    "I think you would be even more of a hermit, if you had the choice," Qifrey says. "Lost in your work for weeks on end."

    Olruggio looks sheepish, rubbing the back of his neck with his free hand. "You're probably right. I never thought I'd be that kind of person, either… weird how much things change, isn't it?"

    "And how much they stay the same," Qifrey murmurs.

    A temporary fix-it.

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    15 Jun 2026

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    Gaelic proverb: the world will come to an end, but love and music will go on.

    To attend his cousin's wedding, Olruggio brings the atelier to Ghodrey.

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