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  1. Public Bookmark 30

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    (how do I live with you, how do I live without you)

    “I’ll never leave you, Xiao. We’re meant to be together. I’ll find you again. No matter how many lives we live, I’ll always find you.”

    Three lives intersect at Wangshu Inn, their paths forever altered: mortal, immortal, one bridging the gap. For Aldric, Xiao, and Lumine, the only answers they find will be those they seek.
    Is it fate's loom that weaves the thread, or the will of the soul? Can that which promises happiness result in mere pain? How much of who we are is contained in our life, experience, or memory—and how much is innate to the soul? Is that which we experience absolute, or are our perceptions colored by that which we believe?

    A self-indulgent Xiaolumi reincarnation / soulmates AU, complete with angst, existential crises, and inescapable bonds.

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    19 Feb 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 53

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    Your choice is the only answer in life.

    Prompt: Modern Au, Fantasy Au

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    19 Feb 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 46

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    I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

    -Elizabeth Barrett Browning,

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    19 Feb 2025

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    There was only one thing a lonely adepti feared: to be embraced, to be looked for, to be wanted. For if they get a taste of true happiness, of true life, of true warmth, how could they ever go back to living in the cold and dark shadows? How could they ever survive their long arduous life knowing it was not truly living?

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    19 Feb 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 73

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    “Oh?” Cloud Retainer’s voice was laced with amusement. “One supposes that would be polite, but One cannot help but be amused at your eagerness.”
    Xiao scoffed. “I escorted her here. It is only courtesy to escort her back.”
    “Will this be a walk, like before?” Moon Carver’s eyes narrowed at him, voice laced with the same amusement.
    “Or will there perhaps be a detour in your path?” Mountain Shaper suggested.
    Xiao could feel his ears heat up, and he snarled at the lot of them. “Cast your ideas to the side. There is nothing of the sort transpiring.”
    “Ah, but you were late, were you not?” Cloud Retainer hummed, leaning her neck in. “The Conqueror of Demons has speed as a boon. It would be easy for you to get here on time, would it not? One thinks there might be something more behind the Conqueror of Demon’s intent.”
    “And One thinks that the other should stop making presumptions when there are none to be found,” he growled.

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    29 May 2023