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    “I’ve been watching you eat,” said Hal. His eyes were in shadow, obscured but for a rim of firelight dancing along his eyelids. “It takes time for his mouth to appear when you open yours, but when it does, he’s flush with your entrance. Surely there’s a moment when the air between you closes.”

    “Do you often watch my mouth, Hal?” asked Bolaire.

    Hal shrugged.

    “Lately.”

     

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    A poet and a mask discuss the many intimacies of using a body that isn’t yours.

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    23 Apr 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 14

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    Hal walks over to the fruit bowl.
    Studies it, in silence.
    The rotten fruit, hiding under the thin veneer of ripe fruit. The rot, slowly corrupting the façade.

    That's uncharitable. It was never a façade. Not really. There's nothing new, aside from the obvious. It's all just... been allowed to be dialed up to it's natural state of five.

    He allows his lips to press thinly together, at that thought.
    Allowed to be dialed up to it's natural state.
    That's the part Hal finds most painful.

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    12 Apr 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 38

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    forced to take on the title of Lord Davinos, all Julien wants is to be regarded as a knight once more.

    he will not serve a Tachonis, no matter what goes on behind closed doors.

    but what good is a dog if nobody holds his leash?

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    28 Feb 2026

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    Get up! The voice in Julien’s head sounds like his own, just a little bit darker, a little bit colder. Julien feels himself shiver, the words dispelling some of the comforting warmth. Grab your rapier and strike him where his heart once was. Stuff his mouth with garlic and roses. He can’t have you! You’re mine! You’re mine! You’re—“

    “Shhhh.” Occtis says, as if he can hear Julien’s thoughts. He sits on the edge of the bed, rolling up one of his shirt sleeves. “It’s all right. You’ll feel much better in a minute.” He raises his own wrist to his mouth, and Julien sees a glimpse of teeth that he could have sworn hadn’t been that sharp a moment ago before Occtis bites down. The blood that oozes from the bite mark when Occtis takes his wrist away is thick, looking black in the low light of the room’s single lantern. “Here you go,” he says softly, and then he’s pressing his wrist to Julien’s mouth.

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    28 Feb 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 27

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    "You'd best try your experiments on me," Julien says acidly. He's rewarded with a sharp inhale from the boy, one which he knows full well Occtis does not actually need. "I'll be down in the cellars tonight, if you insist on continuing your scientific work. If anyone is equipped to take your magic in stride, it is I. Just leave those poor flowers be." 

    He's certainly suffered enough wounds at the hands of the Tachonis already. Better the boy play with fire under his eye, rather than behind his back. Better that Julien judge Occtis Tachonis's new abilities up front, so that he can best defeat them, should the need arise. 

    And besides - he's a wizard, for Shapers' sake. A low-level, books-based, necromantic wizard. Julien can handle him just fine.

    Occtis has some magical experiments to try.
    Julien, as it turns out, might just be the perfect test subject.

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