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• For a gilded cage was still a cage by Sillystrida

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  22 Dec 2025

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  • Fantasy
  • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
  • Sibling Bonding
  • religious trauma if you squint

  Summary

  Head whirling with newfound euphoria, Oriole shifted, and it was as though he was rising from the confines of his body, and watching, formless, over the mass beneath that echoed his elation. Faces blurred in synchrony as bodies rippled forward. Involuntarily, he felt the faint note of a smile tease at somewhere that would’ve been the corners of his lips. Basking in spooling, fawning gazes, Oriole spun, overtaken by bliss as he unfurled his wings—

  Then wondered why it was that he couldn’t quite breathe.
  —
  Or, about birds & blessings :)

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  English

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