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    “And have you made this entire call without once vexing or offending poor Miss Ghafa?”
    Captain Rietveld looked coolly at him. Inej bent her head over her sewing to hide her smiling, since she was not sure she would not laugh outright. She had not thought that Wylan would deliberately provoke the Captain, but perhaps his deference to his father did not reach anyone else.
    “I am sure that is not for me to decide,” said the Captain, “But I own I have been perfectly well behaved.”
    “Does he lie, Miss Ghafa?”
    “No— he has been quite tolerable company,” said Inej. “If not quite a perfect gentleman.”
    “You wound me, Miss Ghafa.”
    “I suspect I do not, Captain.”
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    (A SOC Jane Austen/Regency AU)

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    08 Feb 2024

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    Inej sees Tante Heleen at a gala in Ravka, wrapped in finery.

    To an untrained observer, at least. Inej can tell that Heleen’s wrap and dress are at least a decade out of fashion; and no amount of artful mending can disguise the fact her dress looks like the mice and moths have been chewing on the edges. Heleen herself looks like she’s seen better days; her once-golden hair is showing dark roots, there are lines around her mouth and eyes that no amount of powders and paint can disguise.

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    Nikolai invites Kaz Brekker to the Little Palace to assess security risks. This is widely regarded as a bad move by many.

    There is a ball, a lost--stolen--invitation and Inej in a ballgown. And a well-placed axe here and there.

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    21 Oct 2023

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    Jesper is practicing his proposal to Wylan. Kaz and Inej listen and offer only vaguely helpful advice.

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    02 Oct 2023

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    “I don’t know how he knows, but I can trust him,” said Inej firmly. “His information will be sound.”
    “It better be," said the Heartrender. "You’re still human like every other man, Brekker. I could crush your heart in a second.”
    Kaz looked blankly at her for a moment.
    “You sound so sure,” he said.
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    Kaz gets wind of a planned ambush. With precisely zero good grace, he goes to help Inej and her crew.
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    He's about as happy about it as her crew are; which is to say, not happy at all.

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    30 Sep 2023

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    Inej wonders if Kaz forgets, sometimes, that he’s human, that he’s just as fallible as any other eighteen-year-old boy made of flesh and bone.

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    29 Sep 2023