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    Bob’s not sure when exactly it happens, but at some point during the slog of months on Pavuvu, once Runner’s recovered from his most recent bout of malaria, they decide that they’ll meet up. They’ll do so in their tent, in the slop shoot, anywhere of their choosing, and then proceed to drink and smoke into the wee hours of the night.

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    14 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 9

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    “Holdin’ up alright, there, Peaches?” Runner asked, voice low in deference to the sleeping Marines slumped across every available surface, and brought a hand up to rest against Bob’s shoulders.

    “Oh, sure.” Bob nodded as well as he could, folded over the water-slick taffrail like a sack doll. “Fit ‘s a - urp.” He pressed his mouth closed and squeezed his eyes shut, wrinkling his nose when the captured breath burned its way out. He stayed there for a long second, gut tight and nostrils stinging, then sighed, “Fiddle,” when he felt confident he was no longer about to lose the evening’s mess over the bow.

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    12 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 8

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    The first thought he’d had when he saw Joji walking back to the base was, /He looks like a ghost./ The second thought, quickly shuttered away, was /He came back to me./

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    27 Jan 2026

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    "Hans watched Henry and the Knight Bartosch spar, from his seat on the wooden bench, for what felt like the hundredth time that day, but was probably the third. An excessive amount, either way."

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    Hans doesn't know what his problem is, but as soon as he figures it out he's going to do something about it.

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    24 Jan 2026

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    “You were right. When you said no one could be proud of me.”

    Henry closes his eyes. The bed frame soaked up the fire's warmth, a compress pressed along his side. The flame sputters, cracks.

    “I was angry. And I couldn’t have possibly meant it, when I know it’s not true.”

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    Between the battles, Henry and Hans find time to talk, touch, and live.

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    24 Jan 2026