preemptive grief
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As Urianger stood, his full height stoic and resolved, and stepped toward the door to leave, the echo of his steps throughout the Umbilicus seemed, for a moment, a bit less hollow than when the Exarch walked here alone.
“If there is aught thou might need, my friend,” he said as he pulled open the door, “ask it of me.”
The Crystal Exarch finds unexpected refuge in his newfound confidante.
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- Part 1 of preemptive grief
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Three years he had prepared for this. Three years to steel his heart and paste a mask of iron upon his face. Three long years, still so few they paled beside a century of meticulous planning.
His own desperate heart should be silent. So he willed it; so it roiled regardless.
an ending, and an unexpected beginning
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- Part 2 of preemptive grief
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How many nights had he slept with these arms draped over him, unable to know just how grounding that touch could be? Had he known this comfort, perhaps it would have been much more difficult to consign himself to a lonely death.
For FFXIV rarepair week 2026. Day 3: Reflection
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- Part 3 of preemptive grief