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  1. Public Bookmark 26

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    Field trips to Aeor are all fun and games (for a given definition of) until you have a run-in with some long-dead Aeorian's stash of chemical enhancements.

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    15 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 72

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    His skin feels too tight over his body; like his heart is being pulled forward, like it could burst through his sternum.

    “What are you doing?” he breathes, barely audible. The words feel like they’re coming from somewhere else.

    “Being brave,” Caleb replies.

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    On the eve of Trent’s trial, Caleb calls Essek and asks for a distraction. He doesn’t specify what kind. Essek has always been good at seeing possibilities.

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    15 May 2026

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    The ringing note of a concert A is played by the oboe, echoing on its own in the space. It’s picked up by the wind section, followed rapidly by the brass, and the familiar feeling of an orchestra calibrating takes over Caleb. The tonal adjustments as each person brings their instrument into alignment sinks into him and something inside Caleb shifts in recognition as Essek leads the strings into their own tuning.

    It’s like something is waking up, like something unfurling and firing across long-unused paths of memory. His hands shake slightly, as he raises his bow and joins them, fingers fumbling against the pegs and fine tuners that give him control over his instrument.

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    Essek Thelyss is a leading violinist, his spot as Shadowhand of the Rosohna Philharmonic Orchestra has been uncontested for over a decade. Caleb Widogast is a recent arrival to the city, convinced by his friends to audition for one of the vacant violinist positions.

    After starting off on the wrong foot, Caleb and Essek get to slowly know each other, discover what brings them joy, create while defying expectations, and find out that what they can produce together may just be better than anything they can do separately.

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    12 May 2026

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    Following the defeat of Lucien and Cognouza, Caleb and Essek have an evening alone in the tower together. Caleb shows him one of the rooms on the eighth floor, because revisiting old memories can be a cathartic way to start making room for new ones.

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    07 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 74

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    Sometimes when you're on the run, scared, lonely, and missing friends, desperate measures are called for. Or so Essek keeps telling himself, every time he shows up at Caleb's in a shape other than his own, that can come and go without questions.

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    01 May 2026