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Kaveh used to think that Alhaitham had mastered the art of ignoring him. The man would remain unflappable as he continued to read his worn copy of The Origins of Enkanomiyan Language, even when Kaveh was a hair’s breadth away from shattering the windows of their house with his severity of pitch.
No amount of screaming, threats to throw things, or violently waving in front of him could get Alhaitham to pause in his thirst for knowledge. As it turns out, Alhaitham literally just turns his hearing aids off so he doesn’t have to listen to Kaveh.
It’s for this exact reason that Kaveh has decided to learn Sumerian Sign Language.
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Kaveh learns sign language just to continue bickering with Alhaitham.
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- Part 1 of Deaf!Alhaitham
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05 Dec 2025
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Tighnari does not believe in soulmates. He finds the concept frivolously romantic. So, when the Akademiya approves funding for a research study testing to see if soulmates are real, Tighnari decides he should take part- to prove it wrong, of course.
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- Part 1 of A Study in Soulmates
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10 Aug 2025
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When Cyno dreams for the first time in fifteen years, he dreams of Tighnari.
on the anatomy of desire.
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10 Aug 2025
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The Anatomy of an Equation by chaoticsnowflake
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
14 Oct 2025
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"I am a scholar of linguistics," Alhaitham reminds Kaveh for what he assumes is approximately the fourth time in this conversation, "it is not my responsibility to be able to calculate angles and dimensions and whatnot."
Kaveh raises an eyebrow. "You say you're a linguistic expert, and yet you refuse to even try to understand the most universal language of all?"
"Arithmetic has no bearing on practical conversation," Alhaitham remarks. "You're wasting your time with something that holds no value outside of an academic context."
"I can't believe this," says Kaveh, huffing a breath of exasperation and throwing his hands up in the air. "You're literally—you are lecturing me on my discipline's bearing on social situations?"
Alternatively: It starts, as it tends to do, with an argument over something trivial—in this instance, the value of mathematics. It devolves, because of course it does, into the Sisyphean task of trying to make sense of something which is impossible to make sense of... that thing being calculus. Obviously. What else would it be?
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18 Oct 2025
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we can pretend there is silence here by lao_you_tiao
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
06 Nov 2022
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// Major spoilers for Cyno story quest, 3.2 Archon Quest
Dreams return to Sumeru. After years of emptiness, nightmares come for Cyno once more.
With the help of the one closest to him, the General Mahamatra stops running away.
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07 Oct 2025