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Essek stares at him, still worried, but with an expression that is a little more blank. “Your days?”
“Oh, ah, my cycle? Period?” He fidgets. “I’m sorry, I’m not sure how they say it in the Dynasty. Menstruation?”
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22 May 2026
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"No doubt thou didst melt the seal open on the steam vents to read the business of thy betters, planned how thou wouldst ingratiate thyself with the Archduke— oh yes, we know thy tricks…”
Not the steam vents, thinks Csevet. It would wet the paper. The hot pipes, yes— but not the vents. He would only use a steam vent if he wanted to bleed the ink onto the external sheet and claim inclement weather, and that almost never can be gotten away with inside the court.
Captain Orthema is saying Lord Chavar, leave Mer Aisava, but Csevet knows Chavar will not move for love or money now, not until he has said his piece.
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Two attempts on the throne; and Csevet Aisava, in the shadows.Bookmarked by ayaw
03 May 2026
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“Shaleän is an… awkward question for the Corat' Dav Arhos,” said Csevet slowly. “And we gather she is not much discussed in noble society… in public noble society, that is. But she is something of a folk figure to those who live on the coast, and they call her the arh’avar, the water-duke. She scandalises, to be sure— she has a wife stowed away in Solunee-over-the-Water, so it’s said— but many of the avarsin pay her huge sums to see their shipments safely across the Chadavean Sea, to smuggle valuables, or sometimes even to conduct raids on rivals’ ships. It has long been suspected that her father pays her great sums to feed him information and safeguard his ships. The Great Avar, we suspect, would not be as rich as he is without Shaleän Sevraseched. So her acknowledgement was generally considered to be long overdue, and we do agree with the Zhasan— we think he means efficiency, and personal investment, in his sending of her.”
(The Great Avar's definition of a 'trade negotiator' is possibly a little loose... so it's just as well that Shaleän is only sort of meant to be doing that.)
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03 May 2026
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child, how would we know? by astardanced
Fandoms: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
22 Jan 2026
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“So,” he said, “You are to be our grandson’s wife.”
“An it pleases His Serenity and our father,” said Csethiro Ceredin. Her voice was deeper than he had expected, and she seemed to have to work to keep it from carrying.
“And how does it please Csethiro Ceredin, pray?” said Maru.
“As well as it pleases any lady chosen to be Zhasan, we have no doubt,” said Csethiro coolly.
Saying that to Chenelo Sevraseched’s father was either stupid or deliberately brassy, and Maru had already ruled out the likelihood of her being stupid.Bookmarked by ayaw
02 May 2026
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all your sisters wanna fly by astardanced
Fandoms: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
18 Jun 2025
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To his Imperial Serenity Edrehasivar VII, greetings,
Should it please your Serenity to be informed— as your Serenity has always shown a generous interest in the wellbeing of the Ceredada— our wife the Marchioness Ceredaran was safely delivered of a son at eleven minutes past four this morning. The Marchioness and her child are both well; House Ceredada greatly welcomes the news of an heir at last and celebrates it in earnest.
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an heir for the ceredada, at long last.Series
- Part 2 of the sisters ceredin
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29 Apr 2026