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    For as long as Qifrey could remember, he’d never properly understood the ferocity with which others felt this sort of thing. He’d reasoned that it was simply that he could not entertain it; true pleasure, and the kind of comfort that he imagined should come with it, had always been far from his reach.
    Except, Qifrey could have it now, if he wanted. Qifrey felt quite certain that Olruggio would entertain it, if asked in earnest; his evidence lay in a decade’s worth of stolen glances.

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    Free from the affliction he's carried with him since childhood, Qifrey realizes his lifelong struggles with desire run deeper than a curse. Olruggio meets him in the middle as best he can.

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    “We’re rich?” Tetia exclaimed. She had been sitting with this information for approximately thirty seconds, which was about her limit. “We’ve been rich?” She pushed back from the table. “Master Olly.” She pointed at him, scandalized. “Last month, when I asked if I could have that embroidered skirt from the market in Kalhn, you said—”

    “I said you didn’t need any new clothes. Which is true.”

    “You said we had a budget.”

    “We do have a budget. A budget is just—” But he had already lost control of the conversation.

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    Olruggio never made a big deal about the money his specialized commissions got him. They got what they needed, and some extra at that. To the others, however, it is quite a revelation.

    OR: everyone gets a shopping episode to themselves <3

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    Qifrey looked up to the big window. The ocean hummed deeply like any other day in the Great Hall. He always hated how it looked so tranquil despite holding a great power enough to devastate the land above. Like a sleeping apex predator, the sea was calm as long as no ripple touched its surface.

    “You’re right. Maybe I just need time to adjust.”

    He’s suffocating.

    Qifrey's journey towards healing.

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    Qifrey felt himself fighting tears once again, "But I want… I want-" his voice shook and he moved back to Olruggio's shoulder, then he lifted his head and pressed a kiss into his neck, and then another one, "I want…" then another.

    Before he could keep going, Olruggio stopped him, gently pushing him away and resting a hand on the side of his face, "I know. I do too. But not right now, okay? Give it time."

    ie; The curse may have been removed from his body, but it still preyed on his mind.

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    "He watched them some more, this time out of blurred vision. He watched the individual shapes and colors of his girls move in front of him, and listened to their voices float up to his ears, without really making out what they were saying. He thought he could stay like this forever, he wished he could. He felt a familiar pang of anxiety in his chest, anticipation of punishment for feeling happy and at ease. But then nothing happened, and the feeling passed."

    The parasitic Silverwood tree has since been removed from Qifrey’s body, and he realizes just how comforting sleep can actually be, if he allows it.

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