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    Phainon’s streaming again at the Marmoreal Market about his antique appraisal. As usual, Mydei listens in as he reads through the comments for any weirdos, reporting all the disrespectful ones.

    Then, a comment suddenly flashes by: “mydei straight af i would’ve asked for a thigh job if phainon was my sparring partner”

    It stops Mydei in his tracks. What the fuck does that even mean?

    The commenter continues: “i mean mydei spends so much time with him but is too much of a wimp to do anything. if i were him i would have jumped phainon by now and shown him a real calamity”

    That’s it.

    He presses the report button without hesitation and sets his teleslate down a little harsher than necessary. The strange people Phainon attracts sometimes… Mydei feels bad for him. No one should have to deal with this kind of garbage just for being… himself.

    Before he even realises it, his body is moving on its own. He leaves his room and starts heading towards the market.

    What awaits him afterwards is something he doesn’t expect.

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    29 Nov 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 98

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    "Thirty-three million cycles," Phainon says, tremulous. "And I struck you down in every one of them. I killed Castorice and Hyacine and—I've probably killed every living soul on Amphoreus at least once, at some point. I can't go home."

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    24 Nov 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 42

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    “Oh, you got copies of that play,” said Phainon. “I thought you didn’t like that play, you said it made you sound all weepy.”

    “I didn’t,” Mydei said, glaring at the section that had been dedicated to archiving the plays and epics of Amphoreus. “Unfortunately I was outvoted by the librarians.”

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    15 Nov 2025

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    A single feather from the wing of a man born in Aedes Elysiae is said to be a panacea. Phainon gives his feathers away too freely, and Mydei takes issue with it.

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    14 Nov 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 33

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    He takes the lead between them, Cyrene trailing behind. At the doorway, he stops and looks back.

    “You coming?” he asks.

    (Who can grow me a new sister? — paraphrased from Antigonick, trans. Anne Carson.)

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    14 Nov 2025