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  1. Public Bookmark 97

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    Joseph had always dreamt of flying—being regaled with stories as a kid of the incremental march towards flight, and the veritable explosion of flying machines that happened after, instilled in him a sense of wonder at the infinite world aloft. So, naturally, when the war in Europe broke out in ‘39, he took advantage of his father’s position in Britain’s Royal Air Force and hopped the first ocean liner to Southampton, eager to finally take to the skies.

    But when he’s shot down over the Alps and finds himself beaten to hell and back with a guarded (and frankly grumpy) Italian pilot who claims to be just as stranded, he’s forced to work with the very enemy he’s been fighting for the past 12 months. Can they put aside their differences to survive the dead of winter and get back home?

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  2. Public Bookmark 5

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    **as of 2/10/25 I have rewritten chapters 1-4!**

    Caesar Zeppeli is an Italian who moved to America under unfortunate circumstances. Despite this, he does his best to live an average life. He works at a small shop, he goes to Church every Sunday, and he pays his taxes like any other respectable man. Somehow, he ends up making a strange deal with an even stranger man.

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  3. Public Bookmark 27

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    After his battle with the Pillar Men, Joseph flees to England to manage his grief in lonely solitude.

    Someone, or something, has followed.

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  4. Public Bookmark 66

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    “You were sad. And I thought… maybe you were ready to admit that… only he is real. Obviously. And I mean… I thought you were all alone.”

    “Holy shit, Princepessa. You not only made human friends, you made good ones.”

    The man stood. He switched to accented but passable English. “I’m Kojiro, Kaoru’s imaginary boyfriend.”

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    Kaoru insists that he has a partner.

    His friend sees no evidence of his existence.

    The more he insists, the more she thinks he's just telling a story.

    Until his boyfriend comes to visit.

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  5. Public Bookmark 46

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    Kaoru was waiting for his client at the bar in Sia La Luce when Carla informed him that the meeting was actually next week and she had, regrettably, misread his calendar.

    “Misread?” Kaoru’s brow furrowed as he looked down at the glowing bracelet around his wrist. “Carla, you don't have to read my calendar, it’s stored in your software.”

    Just then, Kojiro sidled up. “You’re glaring at that bracelet.” he smirked. “Did your robot girlfriend break up with you? And since when do you come to Sia without a client during business hours?”

    “Carla is fine,” Kaoru retorted. Actually, he wasn’t at all sure Carla was fine, but Kojiro didn’t need to know that his constant badmouthing might be justified. “And I just… had a craving for carbonara, and everywhere else is way worse at making it.”

    “Kaoru, is that an irritable troll-speak way of saying you enjoy my cooking?” Kojiro’s tone was teasing, but his smile was brilliant. Kaoru scowled as he tried and failed to stifle the thought that he looked very handsome.
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    Or: Carla is malfunctioning, and Cherry won’t admit it to Joe.

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