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    The buzz in his head weighing him down, he reclined back with a sigh as he lapped at the rim of the cup. Kouen’s jian, the one which had once housed Astaroh, stood on its stand at his writing desk - a solemn artefact of devotion from a former warlord. It seemed as if the older man held a silent shrine to his older brothers everywhere. All they were was everywhere now, lost in the grand circulation of the rukh, pieces of them tumbling through every beam of light that cut through the clouds, and gracing all the four corners of the earth.

    The melody warbled on as Hakuryuu’s gaze lengthened. Without speaking, Wang Wei’s poem rang out mournful and low through the strings as he watched the broad back before him.

    依依顾恋不忍离
    How can parting be described?
    泪滴沾巾
    Teardrops soak the towel.

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    The war is won, but the losses remain. At a wedding, two hearts that cannot see one another become close.

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