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  1. Public Bookmark 5

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    Sometimes Yuan stared at the portraits in the hall and wondered what it would be like to have an Artemis. He had plenty of friends between the mammoths and the chess team and the various children of House Gale staffers, but they weren’t a sibling.

    All his other Great House friends had siblings.

    Or,

    Yuan Gale asks his parents about River.

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    04 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 5

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    Five times through history when River and January almost lived happily ever after, plus once when they really did.

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    04 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 4

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    They don’t tell him about the puppies.

    Of course they don’t. That would ruin the surprise.

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    January does the Tharsis version of Buzzfeed's Puppy Interview

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    03 Feb 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 1

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    The key-keepers hated Gale, he knew that. They knew that. Everyone did. But January couldn’t for the life of him remember what the key-keepers thought about him. It felt very important, suddenly, that he remember.

    Probably they were kidnapping Gale to try and make them change laws about how cages were made – or just ransom them for enough money to bribe other people.

    Probably he’d just been brought along so that House Gale wouldn’t have either of its primary wildcard-political-players, and they’d be more likely to pay a bribe without any tricky plans.

    Probably.

    Or,

    January, River, and a politically motivated kidnapping.

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    03 Feb 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 3

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    Two weeks after the Consular election, the Gales are invited to The Masquerade Ball. Celebrities, senators, musicians, artists - this is the hottest ticket of the year because the celebrity who hosts it has special permission to break one of the biggest filter laws for one night only: complete appearance changes are allowed, and anyone can be anything.

    Disaster strikes when masked attackers infiltrate the party. In the crush of fleeing people, January gets separated from everyone except for a frightened child. Now January has to protect himself and a stray child from the masked attackers, figure out how to get out of the celebrity's massive mansion, and find his spouse.

    All while in disguise.

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    03 Feb 2026