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okay, who was this at the end? Callidus?? and could that mean that my girl Aequa could come back? 🥺🤧🙏🏻

“Nothing can dull the ache of Aequa’s shattered form lying a few feet from me, though. She was just here. Just here. Smiling, joking with me in the dwindling afternoon light.”

if Aequa is actually dead then what’s the point of reading this book? 🫠

“The needs of the many will always be loud.” He leans forward. Hooked nose inches from mine. “But in the end, it is only the strength of the few that matters.”

roll credits!

« “Vis.” Aequa is in a sleek blue stola that emphasises her form. Her raven hair is meticulously arranged, curled artfully at the front and plaited into an elaborate bun at the back.
I take a moment to say anything. I don’t think I’ve seen her dressed up since we travelled to the naumachia together. “Hail. You look nice.”
“One of us has to” »

the way i ship Vis with Aequa more than with his own gf

“He reminded me exactly of my father.”

🧐

“Grief, my mother once told me, is love’s most honest expression. The last and hardest aspect of truly, truly caring for someone.”

« “You used it during Placement?” Not really asking.
I shrug modestly.
“Rotting gods.” She’s smiling, though. Shaking her head ruefully. “Always knew you were a gods-damned cheat.” »

Aequa is soooo much cooler than Emissa, and her relationship with Vis is more interesting. She should be the LI, imo.

« “Are you suffering?” I ask Antonius quietly.
He nods. Tears in his eyes. “Yes.” Barely audible. Rasping. Rattling.
(…) [I] Walk up to him. He trembles at my approach. I lean in close, my mouth at his ear, so that only he can hear.
“Good.” »

period! that’s what u get for killing Callidus 🙂‍↕️

this chariot race is boring, I’m sorryyyyyy

The constant back and forth between parallel universes makes it hard for me to grow to care about either storyline. 🫠