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    One morning on the Mephistopheles, Rodion catches herself in Hong Lu's mirror.

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    18 Feb 2026

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    [ Would Hong Lu still have that stupid, tranquil smile plastered on his face if Rodion plunged a shard of glass deep into that jade eye? Whatever procedure he underwent for it must have cost a breathtaking amount of Ahn. In a desperate past, Rodion would look at modifications like those and wonder how much food she’d be able to buy with the money it took to get rigs like those. Or maybe she’d finally be able to afford a nice shampoo to rinse out all the accumulated grime and blood matting her hair—maybe then the rich folk with gemstones for eyes wouldn’t look at her with such contempt. Or even worse than contempt: indifference. Serene indifference is only afforded to the rich, to those with the privilege of having long, lush hair and spotless alabaster skin and a fucking jade eye that gets duller and duller the more you look at it. ]

  2. Public Bookmark 31

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    Throughout their many misadventures, the Sinners have done… a lot. So, then, what exactly are they absolutely, completely, definitely not allowed to do?

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    07 Feb 2026

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    [ 29. Stop inventing holidays. The Executive Manager has no time to waste with ‘Citywide Hat Day’.
    - I have aught to say about their hat. It’s visage blinded me, the wide brim piercing through my eyes and into my heart. I have felt the love of a family, the love of a friend, yet… perhaps this is the romantic love I have never felt before.
    - Mate, d’you wanna bang a hat?
    - No. ]

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    Afterward, Rodion and Heathcliff watch over him. 

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    22 Jan 2026

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    [ Heathcliff's hands close into fists. He looks tired. He looks like he wants to tear away Gregor's pain with his own hands. "Still is, of 'course. Just like the blonde lass is still our knight chasing after her dreams. Nothing has changed." His jaw is set, as if daring her to challenge him.

    But Rodion knows, too. She shakes her head; defiant as him. Not pest. Not vermin. Not The Roach Emperor Valencina had crowed about. Nothing what G Corp forced him to be. That's not their Gregor, not when they know him better than anyone else. Their Gregor is cranky. Always complaining about his back. Their Gregor makes jokes that has everyone cringing slightly. Their Gregor is bitter and lonely and kind.

    And their Gregor is human. So, so human. ]

  4. Public Bookmark 21

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    “My sons will be your new brothers,” Lord Stark promised Theon, but it was a bit more complicated than that.

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    25 Nov 2025

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    [ Theon laughed and jumped down. He picked up his sword from where he’d left it propped against the tree. “This time I’ll fight the both of you to rescue her.”

    Jon picked himself up with a frown. “You can’t be the hero.”

    Robb nodded. “Everyone knows Greyjoys are villains.”

    Theon’s hand tightened on the hilt of his sword until his knuckles ached. If they’d been brothers in true, he would have thrashed them for that. Rodrik would have. They weren’t his brothers though. They were his friends, his captor’s children. They were as close as he’d get to what Lord Stark had promised.

    Theon made himself laugh. “I’ll show you a villain,” he shouted and charged, gently though, playfully. They fled laughing instead of in tears. ]

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    Catelyn Tully Stark is not a stupid woman.
    Eddard Stark returned from Dorne with two things. His sister’s bones. And a babe.
    A distinctly Stark looking babe. A babe that looks more a Stark than her own.
    Lyanna’s bones. And a child.

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    09 Nov 2025

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    [ “I know I am not the husband you expected-.”

    “But you may just be the husband I need,” Cat interrupts, more honest than she has been in her life. Seven help her, she hardly knows him, but she never, ever wished to be parted from him again.

    Ned glances at her, and smiles.

    It is not Brandon’s smile, open and bright enough to fill a room. It is a small smile, soft and secret, just for her.

    Yes, she thinks. She could have been very happy with Brandon. Could have had many babes and learned to like Winterfell and the North, grown to be content.

    Oh, but Ned. Ned, she could love. ]