Rtrn Christmas Week
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“You know,” Aventurine began, his voice softer than usual, stripped of its performative edge, “I once convinced an entire planetary council to sign over their mineral rights to the IPC based on a bluff involving a nonexistent fleet of war ships.”
Ratio glanced at him, his expression unreadable in the intermittent light. “An impressive, if ethically dubious, feat of rhetoric.”
“Isn’t it?” Aventurine’s laugh was a low, pleasant sound in the quiet night. “And yet, I couldn’t manage to talk my way out of a simple walk home with you.”
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Ratio walks Aventurine home, and they both experience the miracle of firsts.
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- Part 1 of Rtrn Christmas Week