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  1. Nine days by

    Fandoms: The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, The Iliad - Homer, Hades (Video Game 2018)  

    01 Jan 2023

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    Achaia Journal
    Wednesday, July 3, 2012

    The two boys who were trapped in a cave since last Sunday have been rescued and brought to the hospital, according to the local police. Their condition is said to be serious but not life threatening.

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    My birth parents were never really parents to me, only parents on paper. Chiron is more of a parent than they ever were, but still, our only tie is his name written in ink on a piece of paper. I only have paper parents, and it makes sense, I think, because I often feel like a paper child. Thin and translucent. Easy to tear apart. To scrunch up and toss away.

    And when Achilles is with me, I want to hand over the scissors and let him cut me into a fucking garland.

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