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    Elias's inability to See through Jon's eyes is something he knew would happen. It has, however, turned out to not be as much of a hindrance as he’d expected.

    There is, after all, always Martin Blackwood.

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    Elias clenches his hand around his glass and gives into the temptation to take another drink. If he concentrates, he can see the stain from yesterday's lunch on Jon's shirt, wrinkled from wear; or the fact that his old-fashioned, ill-fitting glasses and cardigan make him look like Gertrude herself. Or even the fact that the office is grey and smells faintly of mildew and stale human odour, and is filled with towering masses of mess and paperwork. Only if he concentrates. If he doesn't, all of that mundane unpleasantness fades to nothing and instead his view of the world is passed through Martin's filter. "Oh my god do you think he'd let me braid his hair he's so pretty - stop it Martin he doesn't think of you like that - maybe we could go to dinner maybe I could make dinner - shit I can't cook - wait no he doesn't - nngh hair."

     

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    In the run up to the Unknowing, Elias checks in on the Archives team. They do not realise this.

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    08 Jun 2022

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    Kim Kitsuragi - "I had a partner once. They called him Eyes, because he had to show me things. It's that bad."
    Empathy - This partner of his, Eyes -- things didn't end well. It saddens him to say his name. Don't even ask. He wouldn't answer. Maybe some other small talk?

    Kimball and Eyes. Scenes from a partnership.

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    28 May 2022

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    Hungry for companionship, Kim found an equally as lonely homo-sexual by the name of Thomas, living not too far from his humble little apartment in the GRIH. He too had a steady job, better paying than Kim’s, working not with the great big machines of the harbour that Kim held such fascination for but in coordinating hours and shipments. He liked Kim, but not too much, and never demanded what he couldn’t give. He had no eccentricities, no strange hobbies, and was perfectly acceptable company to discuss radio programs with, to introduce friends to with his sharp suit and perfectly honed small-talk, and occasionally went with Kim for dinner in which he reliably ordered steak and potatoes without horseradish. In short, he was perfect.
     
    Two years later, Kim stood in the entryway of hostel in a miserable little town and watched in horrified fascination as a man in mustard-yellow trousers and the most hideous tie he’s ever seen staggered down the stairs, smelling of piss and spirits, and declared himself Raphael Ambrosius Costeau.

    After giving up on true love, Kim finds it again in an unlikely place -- all he has to do is let it in.

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    28 May 2022

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    Recovery does not end after a single week without a drink. Or a month.

    Or even the end of the world.

    Luckily, Lieutenant Kim Kitsuragi is here to support Harry through personal crisis, unsolvable murders, and beyond.

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    11 May 2022