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  1. Public Bookmark 74

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    "You were stupid," Eiji laughs.

    "Yeah, yeah," says Aslan. "I got it already." His voice is New York thick: gritty and vibrant, the great tangling jungle ever advertised. But he's not protesting, as if he knows he can't. I watch them and wonder how many times they've cycled through this ping pong game of smiling and grumbling. Aslan is sharp as a tack, but I get the feeling Eiji is usually the winner.

    This is how they choose to answer me after I ask them how they met. I've been working for weeks on a piece about couples in Central Park.

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    11 Jan 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 6

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    Is this the American dream?

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    29 Nov 2023

  3. Public Bookmark 26

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    The Museum of Interstellar Relics and Art (MIRA) is proud to present:

    "A Nomenclature of Colours"

    The final transmission from the last surviving human settlement (Code Name: Amaranth), by ex-combat engineer Aslan J. Glenreed and renowned artist Okumura Eiji before their deaths in the Azrael Collision.

    Compiled in memory of Planet Earth and displayed here in Glenreed’s original penmanship alongside Okumura’s authentic dye swatches.

    “Per aspera ad astra.”

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    In which Ash, a child of the human space colonies, moves to Earth, now mostly abandoned in the aftermath of several natural disasters, rising temperatures, and energy wars.
    In which he comes of age, and falls in love in a blaze of colour.
    In which life gets in the way; in which the end does not hurt quite so bad.

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    06 Oct 2022

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    “Hello again! I am glad to see you are okay! I was thinking you were not wanting to come because of yesterday,” he laughed nervously, scratching behind his head. “But I’m glad I can introduce myself finally.” He looked up, smiling that soft smile, extending out his hand.
    “My name is Eiji.”

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    Ash doesn't realize the international student he's partnered with is the same guy he has a massive crush on. Then they meet.

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    05 Jun 2022

  5. Rec 79

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    “Beauty needs a witness.”

    “So does a testimony.”

    Ash gave a laugh at that, the sound throaty and true. “Well,” he breathed. “You're a damn good crime, then.”

    Artistically, carnally, lovingly: “You have all of me, Ash.”

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    23 Feb 2022