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  1. Public Bookmark 36

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    "Congrats to you and Qifrey, I guess, but it's a bit stupid to exchange hat ornaments." Easthies says, dipping his spoon into the dewberry pudding on his plate. "They're a sign of who your teachers are, after all."

    "I don't meddle in your youthful pursuits, Olruggio, but I'd prefer you two choose another accessory to exchange if you want to show your relationship," his master says, his expression somewhere in between cautious and disapproving. "Your hat ornaments aren't really appropriate for that sort of thing, you see."

    "So, Olruggio," Alaira says, grinning from ear to ear. "Any news you want to share with me? I'm all ears."

    Every single person in the Great Hall seems to have something to say about this, everyone except for Qifrey. And Olruggio desperately needs any kind of explanation from his friend, because all these rumors are getting too much for him, and feelings he cannot quite understand are starting to creep into his mind.

    or: Olruggio reminisces about the first of his many heartbreaks. It must be Coco and that kid's wee bracelets that pulled this memory from among the other dusty ones. Or maybe it's starry skies like tonight's that's making his heart bleed.

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    23 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 42

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    “Trouble?” Qifrey asked.

    “Trouble might be a stretch,” Olly replied, “but I should go anyway. Will you be all right here? Should be back in a couple of hours.”

    “Yes, of course. Don’t worry about me.”

    Robes shuffled, then a kiss was pressed to Qifrey’s temple. “I’ll always worry about you.”

    Months after the last of the apprentices leave the atelier, blind Qifrey navigates a day alone.

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    01 Jul 2026

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    “You know,” Olruggio says, roughly. He doesn’t move to take Qifrey’s hand again. “You know. You can’t not know, Qifrey.”

    Qifrey just looks at him. “I do.”

    The rain continues falling.

    (And so Olruggio forgets. And he inevitably figures it out again, because of course he does; and he inevitably chooses to forget again, and again, and again, because his heart is always the same. The story is always the same. Like a tale from under a silverwood tree, like a myth from the days of old, not so much tied by the constraints of the narrative so much as being narrative itself. Antigone must bury her brother. Iphigenia must be put to death. At a thousand turns, in a thousand ways, Orpheus must turn, and he must look, again, and again.

    And Olruggio forgets.)

    There is an old story about a witch and a silverwood tree.

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    27 Jun 2026

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  4. Public Bookmark 13

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    Basil dies and Sunny can't get the image out of his head.

    (Post neutral ending, read notes)

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    13 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 51

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    Qifrey has lived a long life. Longer than he should have, anyway. One evening, he decides it is time.

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    Qifrey turns into a tree. His loved ones grieve.

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    04 Jun 2026