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Wouter van Noort
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A true-made bow, Odysseus had called her.
A fixed star. A woman who knew herself.
— Jan 12, 2026 07:37AM
A fixed star. A woman who knew herself.
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Wouter van Noort
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"My son," I said, "it is yours to decide." Joy broke from him like a wave. I turned away so I would not have to see it. Athena would be glad, I thought. Here was her vengeance at last.
— 11 hours, 56 min ago
Wouter van Noort
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"Athena." I said. "Who else?" She smiled, bitter and cold.
Athena, that restless goddess whose schemes spun on and on.
— 21 hours, 21 min ago
Athena, that restless goddess whose schemes spun on and on.
Wouter van Noort
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I was about to break my exile, I knew it. If I succeeded, I would return by morning, before my absence was noticed. And if I did not, well. I would likely be past punishments.
— Jan 12, 2026 03:41AM
Wouter van Noort
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When he was a child I used to make lists of all the things I would do to keep him safe. It was not much of a game, because the answer was always the same. Anything.
— Jan 11, 2026 02:48PM
Wouter van Noort
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I cupped my own hands in the dark. I did not have a thousand wiles, and I was no fixed star, yet for the first time I felt something in that space. A hope, a living breath, that might yet grow between.
— Jan 11, 2026 06:51AM
Wouter van Noort
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My dittany, my lilies from Crete, they thrived after all. See? I said to my sister. It was Daedalus who answered. A golden cage is still a cage.
— Jan 10, 2026 01:53PM
Wouter van Noort
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We went the long way back to Aiaia, avoiding Scylla.
Eleven days it took. The sky bent its arc over us, clear and bright.
— Jan 10, 2026 02:17AM
Eleven days it took. The sky bent its arc over us, clear and bright.
Wouter van Noort
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"How do you bear it?" he said. My eyes gave off a faint light, and by it I could see his face. It was a surprise to realize that he was waiting for an answer. "We bear it as best we can." I said.
— Jan 09, 2026 01:26PM
Wouter van Noort
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If you had asked me, I would have said I was happy. Yet always I remembered. Cold smoke, marked with my name.
— Jan 09, 2026 02:53AM
Wouter van Noort
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My skin was glowing, my teeth set. Does no one have the courage? Will no one dare to face me? So you see, in my way, I was eager for what came.
— Jan 08, 2026 02:46PM
