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  1. Public Bookmark 53

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    Dan Heng swallows. He reaches for the paper bag, opening it with deft fingers, and stares. Inside, there are two croissants, just as warm and delicious as they’d looked behind the display.

    Several impulses rise within him – to punch Blade, a little bit. To kiss him, a little bit more. Instead of giving in to any such urges, he seals the bag and places it down on the bench.

    “Thank you,” is what he ends up going with, mostly because he’s nothing if not polite, even to people that have attempted manslaughter on him.

    Blade shrugs, an elegant motion that Dan Heng can’t help but follow. He looks toward the horizon as he speaks, cup held loosely near his mouth. “You wanted it,” he says. Like it’s that simple.

    Or: Dan Heng and Blade go on a date touring Belobog's Winter Solstice Fair, courtesy of Stelle's not-so-subtle scheming.

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    05 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 67

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    Dan Heng has been running cloudhymn for years. It's automatic now, the way breathing is automatic, except breathing doesn't cost anything.
    The Express breaks down for five days. Blade shows up uninvited. Dan Heng falls asleep in the archive car and wakes up looking like himself.
    Neither of them makes it a thing. That's the problem, or it isn't a problem at all, depending on how you look at it.

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    03 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 17

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    The complaints coming from Fu Xuan and Jingliu weren’t enough to mask the presence of the fourth person Jing Yuan had called into the meeting room. His dark hair was fixed in place, never a stray of hair can be seen. Calm emerald eyes scan every word from the book that he’s currently holding. For the past 45 minutes that he was here (he’s the first one to arrive), he hasn’t moved in place, nor even made a noise. He always had a calm disposition, and no one knows how to make him crack.

    Lieutenant Dan Heng is a mystery.

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    25 Apr 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 79

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    After Penacony, Sunday seeks a home on the Astral Express.

    He does not obtain it.

    That is, until he finds an old piano in a quiet corner of the train—

    —and his family finds him.

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    25 Apr 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 62

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    Imbibitor Lunae has a request: that we forge him a spear.

    Of course, Yingxing isn't going to let this opportunity slip through his fingers. A spear for the high elder is the greatest honor of all. (and the quickest way to silence your enemies.)

    But Dan Feng has decided to be the most complicated and arrogant customer.

    It, also, doesn't help that Yingxing wants to kiss him (to craft the spear.... of course.)

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    17 Apr 2026