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  1. Public Bookmark 7

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    [voice memo from Achilles, 12:16 AM]
    [background noise: the soft hum of a war camp at night, the crackle of a dying fire]
    "patroclus, i’m drunk and thinking about your hands. thinking about how you held my spear today, which sounds like a euphemism but isn’t, except maybe it is. but not in the way you think. it’s just. you look good holding anything dangerous. maybe even me. maybe especially me."

    [unsent voice memo from Achilles, 12:17 AM]
    [soft background music, maybe a lyre, maybe just the sound of the night]
    “sometimes i think i was born from war, like i came out of my mother’s womb swinging a sword. but you— you feel like the first thing that wasn't a battle. and i don't know what to do with that. except hold on. tight. maybe too tight."

    a character study of Achilles and Patroclus

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    29 Dec 2025

  2. Rec 41

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    “But from the point of view of the special piece, wouldn't it be considered cruel? It's supposed to be a piece that's treated preciously and takes up the most important part of the board, after all.”

    “It's not like we asked for the consent of the piece when choosing the special piece. How to use it is up to the person playing the game.”

    “If you’re concerned about cruelty, however, it can be mitigated. Wouldn’t a piece who chose to follow your strategy, with all knowledge of what it entails, feel less wronged than one forced into it?”
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    Yuder is affected by an Awakener's ability and finds himself back in 1TL, in the middle of a conversation whose meaning he regretted not understanding at the time. He takes the opportunity to gain answers he wished for and resolve regrets buried deep within him.
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    2TL Yuder bullies 1TL Kishiar and saves the first timeline. (Spoilers up to novel chapter 1315)

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    19 Dec 2025

  3. Rec 5

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    Todd Anderson writes a letter to Neil Perry that keeps unfolding in the dark.

    (or perhaps: Neil is everywhere in the white space between the lines)
    (or: love is not a rescue. love is a language, and he never learned to scream it fast enough.)

     

    a character study of Neil and Todd

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    12 Nov 2025

  4. Rec 27

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    Enon was the one to figure it out.
    “You’re not human anymore,” came his curt conclusion. “If I had to call you something, I would say… a god?”

    When Yuder fixes Kishiar's energy flow, he also somehow turns Kishiar into a god. They navigate this new development together, as always. And then they don't.

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    18 Nov 2025

  5. Rec 21

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    Kishiar sees how Yudrein deserves more, he just doesn't have more to give.

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    18 Dec 2025