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    “Maomao?” He presses, fingers closing over hers and lowering their joined hands to her lap, and she blinks in surprise at the use of her name. “What is it? What’s wrong?”

    “Their technique is sloppy,” she answers honestly. “I feel strain on my heart. They should have targeted the nervous system instead.”

    Master Jinshi stares at her like she’s spoken a foreign language he can’t even begin to try and understand. She tries to explain.

    “Certain snake venoms cause coagulation of the blood, which could have been effective and made the blood unable to move through my veins, but if the end result is simply making my heart stop beating by targeting the muscles involv-”

    “Maomao,” Master Jinshi says, very calmly, “I need you to stop speaking now.”

    (an assassin tries to kill jinshi with a poisoned blade that gets maomao instead) (she is obviously much less concerned about this than everyone else)

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    “Caleb,” he whispers, voice breaking. “I have been caught. I am so sorry.” He swallows hard around the lump in his throat. The blade at his back is almost superfluous; he’s losing blood too fast to survive anyway, and he can feel his mind fogging over. “If you find my body, take me to the Blooming Grove. Please.” Essek closes his eyes. “I love you.”

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    Beau rolls her eyes. “Okay. To recap, you’re sending the Bright King—”

    “Queen,” Caleb interrupts. “The Dynasty ambassadors state that their people prefer to retain the word in Common regardless of the gender of the actual monarch holding the title.”

    “Queen,” Beau says, relenting. “Anyway. You’re sending a lock of hair as part of your marriage proposal to the Bright Queen?”

    “The Dynasty does not do marriage. You know how it is,” Caleb says firmly. His cheeks are growing pink. “What I am offering is a long-term alliance between two nations.”

    [In Blumenthal, to send a lock of hair is a gesture of devotion. In Rosohna, to receive a lock of hair is a declaration of war.]

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    Above the heart, hobbits carried the visible manifestations of their friendships, family ties and romantic relationships in the form of markings which grew like flowers on their chests.

    Thinking that the Dwarves of Thorin's company will never forgive him, Bilbo taps into the hobbits' green magic at great risk to his life and shows everyone that nature is not only gentle and kind, but has thorns, and that the Bonds between him and the Dwarves are not so easily broken than as would have thought.

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    Witchers give gifts to earn a friendship, or to start a courtship. That, Jaskier doesn't know. But, when the witchers he crosses path with give him gifts and start to get all friendly on him, he doesn't question it so much. He is not completely stupid, he saw the pattern, after some times.

    Until Geralt apparently realizes Jaskier is not only his bard anymore, and fears to be too late for more.

    Friendships are made, Family is found.

     

    August 1, 2024 : edited with a bonus chapter
    August 6, 2024 : edited with a bonus chapter
    December 1, 2024 : edited with one last bonus chapter

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