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  1. Public Bookmark 11

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    Torse is familiar with want, but not this kind, or what seems to be causing it.
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    “I can quite literally hear you thinking,” Maxwell murmurs as he works, barely audible. He’s currently elbow deep in Torse’s rib cage, helping to repair him. Torse could do it himself, but Maxwell insisted. And, it is nice not having to find a reflective surface to see what requires fixing.
    “Can you?” Torse asks. He’s so used to inhabiting this body that its various sounds — the ejections, and gear clicks, and the whirring of motors — have all become background noise. “What does it sound like?”
    Maxwell does a double take, not quite wanting to take his eyes off of what he was working on. Though, by looking into Torse’s visual strip, he isn’t really. All of it is Torse. “Well…” Maxwell pauses, both in speech and his repairs. “It’s not unlike the sound of pressing keys on a typewriter."

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    23 Oct 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 16

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    Maxwell learns what it means to be deemed the companion of one of the Aganti Zernai
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    What if — god forbid — Maxwell hadn’t been able to catch Torse as he was falling?
    That last thought almost makes Maxwell understand the comfort people take in fate. With destiny comes certainty. An outcome, whatever it might be, is guaranteed. But this wasn’t, and something about that makes Maxwell’s heart ache.
    The feeling radiates outward when Torse turns to look at him, the light in his visor a vibrant gold. Facial expression or no, Maxwell can tell Torse is overjoyed. He’s the last of the Aganti Zernai no more.
    It’s selfish, Maxwell knows, but he can’t help but wonder what that means for him. Torse had mentioned wanting adventurers to come to Zern so that it might not be as lonely, but is that even necessary anymore?

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    20 Oct 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 17

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    You're going home. You can hardly believe it. There will be work, of course, but you get to work, you get to fix your world, you saw them, the lights of the Zernai, and now you are going home. 

    You've decided to take the long way, though. Maxwell is still a little injured. 

    He's coming with you. He- He had asked to come with you, sent Wealwell and Samwell back to Gath to handle the fallout, and then he'd gripped your golden heart in his hands and asked if you would let him accompany you home. He wished to see the world that made you, the people you belonged to, to provide… companionship.

    Currently, he is sitting cross legged in bed, his gaze directed over to you. You realise, not for the first time, that he is beautiful, even now with his eye blacked and his lip split, slow healing.

    “You can stretch your legs, you know,” he says, after minutes of silence. “You don't have to sit here and watch me.” 

    “I enjoy it,” you say, almost lacking fear. “I- I still count myself incredibly lucky to have you here.” It's an easy truth to admit, a test of your self-trust. It has been easier to trust your heart, lately, to take these leaps of faith. He has made it easier.

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    18 Oct 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 10

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    "He knows Maxwell does not care for him, does not treasure Torse in the same way he does him, and usually he can be fine with that. Maxwell Gotch is attracted to violence, and Torse is a being of violence, it is as simple as that."

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    17 Oct 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 39

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    Five times Torse initiates forehead touching with Maxwell and one time Maxwell returns the favor.

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    16 Oct 2025