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  1. Public Bookmark 66

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    In 33,550,337 cycles, Mydeimos the Undying can count the number of peaceful lifetimes he’s had on his fingers. It does not come as a surprise to him that nightmares continue to frequent his slumber, even within this tranquil Eternal Page. But the ones that have been tormenting Mydei recently are particularly vivid. Because he had seen the scene playing out before him in reality—

    —of Phainon’s body shattering into millions of pieces, an image accompanied by the notion that they, the heroes, could only answer his suffering with more pain, that death was his only possible escape, that none of them could not even hold him and bring him solace in his final moments.

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    Dreams of Phainon's death still haunt Mydei on many nights.

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    18 Nov 2025

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    It was done. Amphoreus was free.

    Yet instead of feeling delight, relief or happiness, Phainon... didn't know how to feel. After all of his emotions had burned along with him to ensure they had a chance at winning, there weren't many of them left to feel. But with the new Dawn, came fragile hope that perhaps things could get better.

    And that's when the cracks appeared.

    He should have known there was yet another price he had to pay, that his body could never withstand so many cycles. He thought that perhaps he would have more time to finally bask in the sunlight with others, but instead he has to learn to count his days as his mind falls into despair and his body breaks down.

    Perhaps the only thing he can do before he runs out of time is... to say goodbye to everyone.
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    Attrition - (n.) the process of making something weaker and destroying it through sustained attack or pressure, especially the strength or confidence of an enemy by repeatedly attacking it.

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    15 Nov 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 5

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    Phainon is a mosaic of everyone he knows.

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    01 Nov 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 7

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    You graze a fingertip against his temple, the distant memory of woven marigold crowns flashing before your eyes as he leans into your touch. A final shifting of your bodies, and in your vision he is surrounded by the last remnants of dusk.

    The gold of the Sun is a better crown for him than one made of blood, you muse, and if you could forge light then you would have crafted it for him in a heartbeat.

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    Or, Phainon shares a dance with Mydei the day before he returns to Castrum Kremnos.

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    01 Nov 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 67

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    Nearly a millennia after becoming a demigod, Aglaea finds a spark of her humanity in a scrawny little boy doomed to a bleak prophecy.

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    29 Aug 2025