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“my malini.

i’ll come back to you. i promise.”

. this can’t be happening. no. this has to take another way. another way. come on. please.

RAO. YOU CANT GO NOW PLEASE. FUCK EVERYTHING JS FALLING APART. NO.

“she felt oddly calm. it was one thing to be dragged to a pyre. to be afraid, and used. but it was different to kneel on burnt soil with your love dying in your arms, pondering a choice.”

…..no. wait. NO. THAT POSSIBILITY CANT COME TRUE. PLEASE. NO. MALINI YOUVE COME SO FAR, PLEASE.

“‘i considered suffocating you in the ground,’ malini said, with utter calm. ‘but this is slower, better. you may burn as you wished to.’”

THANK FUCK. YES GOD. YES GOOOD.

“instead, she could only watch as sanvi lowered her bow and met her eyes.”

YOU BITCH. IVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.

“‘…the fire never wanted you,’ she managed to say. and then her vision wavered and went, in one breath, dark.”

hey. so. this is stressful. please don’t do this.

“a few blossoms came away easily. they unspooled, growing tendrils in her hands. she lowered her hands, placing her own wrists together. those tendrils curled in a tangle around her wrists, binding them together.

‘this is my vow to you,’ priya whispered. ‘garland-strung. you can hold me here. i want you to.’”

🎶IM FEELING FANTASTIC. FUCKING FANTASTIC—🎶

“of course. every part of mani ara had to be destroyed.

even the parts that were priya.”

….oh. oh……*no*……. wait. no. NO—

“‘i know you don’t need your gifts to fight,’ malini whispered. ‘move, and i cut. so, my love. will you come with me?

the only answer was yes.”

I AM BITING MY FIST AT 1:40 AM. FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK OH MY GOD

“malini leapt forward and looped the necklace of gold that had been around her own throat over priya’s neck with all the reverence of a wedding garland.”

FUCK I WAS RIGHT. SHIT.