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“Stories were ruthless creatures and sometimes fattened themselves on bloody happenings.”
― Deeplight
― Deeplight
“He wished he didn’t know what he had lost. Maybe then every day wouldn’t feel like this. As if he had once known how to fly, but the skies had shaken him loose and left him with nothing but the memory of wings.”
― The Gilded Wolves
― The Gilded Wolves
“You could keep people alive forever through stories.”
― Deeplight
― Deeplight
“I don’t know why, because it’s one of those things I’m not contractually obligated to care about.”
― All Systems Red
― All Systems Red
“After what felt like forever, Tristan turned over his own hand. The silvery scar down his palm matched Séverin’s. Neither of them knew where Tristan had gotten his scar. But it didn’t matter. Finally, Tristan placed his hand over Séverin’s, stacking their scars before saying: “I protect you.”
― The Gilded Wolves
― The Gilded Wolves
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