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    It felt as if he were looking through a pane of glass, a little yellowed pane clouded by a fine layer of dust, at a scene which he could not touch with his fingers, nor hold within the palm of his hand. When they parted that night they were lovers, yet strangers, yet they were old friends.

    20th Century AU, starting with a boarding school in late 1930’s Shanghai.

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    English
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