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OH MY GODDDDDDDDDD

I howl my pain into the water as he drifts into the darkness, taken by the current toward the river’s mouth.

I am heartbroken

You are not safe james.

“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.”

aaaahhhhh 😭😭😭😭😭

Grief, my mother once told me, is love’s most honest expression. The last and hardest aspect of truly, truly caring for someone. (...) She explained through choking sobs that without grief, love would be meaningless. Because it is impossible to truly love something that cannot be lost.

i’m gonna bawl vis lost so much 💔

Aequa is kneeling over me. My head cupped in her hands. Wide-eyed.
As I fade to unconsciousness, I can’t help but feel vaguely annoyed that she didn’t run like I told her to.

aevis my most beloved

Livia was Tertius Ericius’s stipulation. Aequa was mine.

i love how vis and aequas rs directly contrasts vis and emissas 😭😭 where vis doesn’t feel like he can trust emissa at all, he trusts aequa like it’s breathing ☹️

twotm spoilers

Is the version of me in Res relaxing somewhere with Emissa, right now? Laughing with Callidus and Eidhin? Or did he somehow manage to win the Iudicium and find a peaceful escape to the embassy in Jatiere?

oh.... oh

“And she is an excellent choice.” (...) “I can think of no one more deserving.”

he is so in love with her i’m sick. he knows her so well, is so in awe of her and her achievements and it's truly dawning on him now how much she truly means to him 😭❤️‍🩹