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  1. Public Bookmark 8

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    The ink dances before her on the page, shifting and darting like a dragonfly over still water.

    Some things are born wrong, even in the heart of a Shaper's domain.

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    05 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 8

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    Julien, Vaelus, and grief.

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  3. Public Bookmark 2

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    Vaelus and Thaisha talk about grief. (and its gay)

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    “I don’t know what happened,” she says. “The birds were spirits, I think. They brought me the Stone. I don’t know why, but I’m grateful. After the memories…did you hear them sing?”
    Thaisha nods. “Nightingales. I recognize the song.”
    Vaelus frowns. “Ah.”
    “Does that mean something to you?”
    “Not to me specifically,” Vaelus says. “But I’ve traveled some, and oftentimes people worship animals and nature much like you do. Birds are messengers for the dead. I’ve heard that nightingales sing because the souls they carry yearn to find a god.”

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  4. Public Bookmark 3

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    In two separate worlds, Vaelus removes her veil.

    [vaelus is quiet but shrewd, unafraid to take leaps with her words, to accuse, to make herself known and step into the line of fire. she is strong and beautiful. old enough that she stopped counting the years. a long time ago, she lost her family, but she is so ancient, she hurts like the freshly-wounded. the well of her sadness is deep enough to drown in. 

    and with all these things laid stop her shroud, she becomes a person. and she is beautiful as winter's frost.]

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    [It's the end of the line. their journey began soaked in the blood of an entire vassal house, the hollow rising of an undead boy, an elven vestige of faith in a faithless world, and it has only grown darker. the shadows growing teeth. at times, there have been flickers of light, but always, always, the candle burns low, the flame sputters and dies.]

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  5. Public Bookmark 2

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    Vaelus has started speaking a language Thaisha does not understand. Hannan provides refuge for lost souls.

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