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« “Two of the oracles were women.”
“If all eight were women, we wouldn’t be in this mess,” she muttered. »

lmao period!!

storylines are converging hell yeah!!

oh this poor man… rip Chown the mapmaker

Qisami is scary 😬

idk where the story is going but I’m enjoying all of the storylines so far!

« “now you’re worried you’ll lose another gunner…”
“Not another gunner,” Lament chokes. “You, Keller. I’m worried about losing you.” »

this would hit so hard if i cared at all about their relationship… ❤️‍🩹🤕🤒

“I won’t leave you like she did, Keller. Do you hear me? Never. Not ever.”

literally where did this come from??

« Lament says, “Come here,” and pulls me down on the bed beside him. Gets me tucked against him. I should be stunned by this development. »

well, *I* sure am stunned bc where the hell did this come from?

so Keller’s mum has been in the Determinist movement and their leader wants Keller to join, for some reason 🧐

being pampered your whole life and then suddenly having to become an indentured servant for a decade oh i would've crashed tf out

old warrior woman feeling maternal over a bratty teenage boy ohhh i'm enjoying this! and the other storyline with the young woman refusing to be sacrificed (even though she swore she would) also seems interesting. i'm liking this book, so far!

the Khan was also a chosen one! interesting

Jian's had a ROUGH day bro 😭 first he learns he's not the chosen one and he wasted his life training for nothing, then he comes to the full realization of how poorly trained and overall useless he is, then his masters (who he's idolized his whole life) turn on him and try to murder him, then he manages to escape but he's been poisoned so he's dying anyway... 💀 give this boy some rest omfg 🕊️

interesting spin on the chosen one trope!

the cities travel?? they move????

it's bothering me that the map doesn't actually show the locations that are being named in the book :/

Taishi and Jian's dynamic is quite intriguing and entertaining

"Jalua was once again stunned by this specimen of a man. That really is a big boy!"

bro we get it, you're mesmerized by this Big Boy ™

"When he was still crawling, he would eat the dog’s food after finishing his own. When the dog snapped at him, he bit it. When he was a boy, he would take the other children’s lunches. When they complained, he would bite them as well."

lmaoo?? 😭😭

this Jian dude is about to get a tough reality check 🥴🥴🥴 Taishi seems badass, too

“I’d be dreaming of kissing Lament regardless of the circumstance. Because he’s him. And I’m me.”

what does that even mean? 😭 you’ve showed me zero reasons to like Lament other than him being pretty 🫠

« “You want to know why I’ve been avoiding you? Because I can’t have what I do want.”
“And what,” he asks hesitantly, “do you want?”
To kiss you, I think. »

this could be so juicyyyyyy but i feel nothinggggg 😫😭

« “To give us space.”
“Why do you want space?”
I try to think of a reply that isn’t Because it hurts to be around you or Because I care about you more than you care about me. »

this angst would be so juicy if their relationship was more developed… but, as of right now, I don’t feel a thing 💔

Suddenly Lament, who’s supposedly cold and standoffish, is hugging Keller? Feels…. undeserved.

Keller cares too deeply for Lament when they barely know each other, ngl 🫤

spoiler // Keller’s mum is with those Determinist rebels okayyy this could be interesting!

How do these reporters know immediately who Lament is? It was established at the start of the book that his face isn’t publicized at all, so how do random ass people instantly recognize him? 🧐

We have the Determinists and now the Randomists and the mystery of how Bast died and what the mist could be… There’s so much going on but we aren’t truly focusing on anything so it kinda feels like we’re meandering, ngl.

Lament is being really annoying dude like wtf do you mean you’re not gonna allow your coworker to do his job??? wtf??

« “I can tell you don’t curse much.”
“I find profanity loses its effectiveness when overused.”
“Whereas the speaker loses their effectiveness when under-practiced. Evidently.” »

lol