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    Ed learns a lesson, but it takes a few tries.

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    “The first stroke, the commitment, is always the most difficult part,” he murmurs, eyes on his paper.

    Xie Lian takes it as an invitation and steps into the room. “What about deciding which stroke is the last?”

    “My art never quite compares to my subjects, so I don’t worry myself with perfection.” With that, he puts brush to paper and inks his first stroke.

    Xie Lian needs a room for the night in a new city and is humbly directed to the one ghost who can fulfill any wish if you're willing to play.

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    The man standing over him has eyes like knives, sharp and cold and black.

    “There are no masks allowed in the Ghost Fortress, Heavenly Official,” he says. His voice is polite, but it too contains knives.

    Hua Cheng can appreciate that. A blade is a blade is a blade. Sheathed or pressed to one’s neck, it is still just as sharp. There is no use pretending it is anything otherwise.

    The man in front of him is a blade held up to Hua Cheng’s heart, though perhaps he does not know it yet.

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    Some color returns to the back of Feng Xin’s neck and he sucks his teeth in reproach, “Mu Qing, will you drop it? I’ve told you already it’s not your problem.”

    “Don’t make that decision for me!” Mu Qing’s voice gets louder, “What’s with all the secrecy? What, are you dying?”

    Feng Xin’s lips tighten into a thin line as his eyes drift down to the floor.

    Or, Feng Xin's dying and Mu Qing wants to save him.

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