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And the gods answered his prayer.
They said no.

I cannot emphasize enough how easy it was to rob people when they believed I was rich.

What remained of their journey to Fivecourt passed almost without incident, at least until the clowns attacked.

When great empires fall, historians theorise, they fall so slowly that their demise isn’t even noticeable to those who live through it. It has to be reconstructed generations later, when the dust has settled and the patterns hidden behind seemingly random events can finally be made out.

“I’ve heard you had quite the adventure.”
“Indeed. A bit out of my comfort zone.”
“I expect that’s how most explorers feel when they step out of the only world they know for the first time.”

Love is like alchemy. It is the belief that your time spent with this person is better than your time spent without them. Like alchemy at its worst, loving the wrong person can destroy you, piece by piece, until you are nothing but ash. And like alchemy at its finest, finding your solemate can remake you, elevate you to your most perfect state.