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bambleby's kinda pissing me off... idk why

absolutely gorgeous so far!! the worldbuilding, emily's one-sided rivalry with bambleby, even the disdain for foreigners and the locals not explaining any of their customs !!!!

i'm sooo excited for what's next!!

oh my god. i cant. im scared. IM SCARED!!!!!

OHMIGOSH!!!!
the shiori & raikama parallels? takkan & shiori???? possible zairena friendship??
i do have mixed feelings abt the apparent love triangle w/ seryu tho... i want that dragon for MYSELF!!!!!

I loved the whole ‘moon daughter’ dialogue. Too long to type, unfortunately.

- I bit my lips shut, more afraid that I would gasp aloud than that their white teeth would end me.

- “Just how many warlords have you met, Lina?”
I put up both my hands to indicate dozens. Hundreds. It was the truth, but of course Takkan thought I was joking.
- Too soon, Megari's song would become a memory as well.
- “[...] she wore a thimble on her head so no one would know she was actually a daughter of the moon lady.”

- Only a few months ago, I'd been just like her. Young, and wanting to treasure every moment because I feared it'd be the last. Impatient, for a year felt like an eternity. Now I felt older than the moon.
- I knew that tone. I had practically invented it when I wanted something from my brothers.
- I wished I could laugh. [...] But I settled for a smile, the widest I'd had in a long time.

MORE quotes, because I love this so much:
- [...] he seemed to talk most when he was alone with me. [...] I wasn't much of a conversationalist these days.
- I rested my head against the window and searched the sky for the constellation of the Crane, but there were too many clouds. So I counted the strikes of lightning to six—one for each brother.

I love everything about this.

Quotes:
- “You have a dimple when you're happy,” he said, seeing my twisted lips.
- Look closer, I wished I could say. I'm here, Takkan.
- I could tell it upset him, seeing my hands hurt this way—more than the bowl on my head or that I refused to speak. [...] But his lips didn't twist with disgust, nor did his eyes soften with pity.
- “[...] Please don't hide, I'm a friend.”

I am SO, so excited! I love Shiori's conversations with both Seryu and Takkan. Seryu is admittedly my favourite, and seeing the friendship between the two is so sweet. Takkan is also so obviously a kind and sincere character—I can't even type them out or else I'd just be transcribing the chapters I read.

The story is definitely starting to pick up. At first, it was hard to continue reading, but now it's hard to put down! I'm interested to see the dynamic between Shiori and the Northerner characters, especially Takkan.