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  1. Public Bookmark 6

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    Henry wears yellow when he comes to see her.

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    13 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 19

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    They shared a beautiful, fleeting moment of tenderness together. But now, Henry faces death alone in the dark, and Hans has no choice but to watch him go.

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    09 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 8

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    "I must say, Henry, when you invited me here I hadn't expected you to be outfitted with your very own band." The conversation lulls as Hans pauses to express his point, the merry melodies from The Hole carrying from two doors down.

    "They've always been a menace, even when my husband were still alive." Magdalena scoffs, unimpressed, but Hans's spirits are not so easily dampened.

    The sound of his palms slapping his noble thighs punctuate his exclamation. "Nonsense! I think it's marvellous. Music and room to dance without making a spectacle of yourself."


    A small feast is held in the garden of Henry's forge- and what's a party without a little dancing?

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    25 Dec 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 24

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    No one else will do it for you. The words come unbidden to his mind, their source nebulous. Maybe it's his Pa's warm rumble, his tough-guy love that always ended up too tender. Maybe it's Captain Bernard's scolding, the rough hand pushing him to get up, try again, don't give up. Maybe it's even Sir Radzig's calm tenor, his cool, highborn cynicism. It doesn't matter. All that remains is the principle behind it, the hard-earned kernel of life's unfeeling truth: it's easy to die. If Henry wants to live—and he does, he does, horribly, selfishly does—then he needs to act.

    Sometimes growing up means learning how to do your own stitches.

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    20 Dec 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 27

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    A sword, he can handle. Cold steel, heavy, growing lighter. Easier and easier to bear. Slowly, he puts his hand on Hans’s wrist, his fingers closing around him. Soft, yielding. He still doesn’t quite know how to wield him. Nothing like the blunt touch of steel, the certainty of it.

    He sees Hans through the echoes of the red that touch the edges of his vision when he’s killing, and when he’s not. As though the blood he spills stains his periphery more and more every time.

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    05 Dec 2025