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    "Oh!" the social worker says, brittle and bright, her voice reedy in the wide room they've given her as an office, "I like your socks, Caleb!"

    He blinks at her and then down at his socks. "I like cats," he manages, after twenty-four seconds staring at the little cotton kittens dancing around his ankles. He sees her type: expressed interest in cats. only occasion of verbalisation during meeting. some interaction.

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    “Bren,” Veth whispers, and the nurses grouped in the door like bubbles watch on, “It’s Veth.” She climbs onto the chair by the bed and touches his elbow, very, very gently. “You said you wanted to see me.”

    Across his cheek, so small she might have missed it, she sees a tear escape his eye and fall from his skin to the hospital pillow below him. “Hello, old friend,” he says in a voice that rasps sandpaper, “It is good to see you. I’m sorry it’s been so long.”

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    Lucien laughs again, and then bends, his fingers replacing his sword at Caleb's throat, "You make pretty sounds when you're hurt," he tells Caleb, like a compliment, like Caleb should be happy, "I will admit, I'll miss your little kitty-cats."

    And he wraps one firm, strong hand around Caleb's throat, and hefts him into the air, his grip so tight that Caleb can't even scream anymore. He's bruising. "They'll miss them more, though," Lucien whispers in his ear, and then he opens his mouth, and Caleb can see something black and brackish, like a gas, like a poison, like cursed blood, and then Lucien is pulling Caleb towards him like a ragdoll and then Caleb can feel nothing but pain, a maelstrom of pain, and blood-hot fingers on his jaw.

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    09 Feb 2026

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    or; “Oh No, I Like My Wife’s Boyfriend”

    Yeza Brenatto is a creature of infinite anxiety, but he’s not blind. He can see how much Veth loves Caleb. He can see how much Caleb loves her back. And he can also see that Caleb is really attractive. But it’s not like he’s not going to do anything about that…

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    08 Feb 2026

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    Beau couldn’t believe what she was witnessing. It frankly fucking figured that Jester “Best Detective” Lavorre would stumble on the most irrefutable evidence to date that the wizards were—no, nope, she wasn’t going to think about that, no thanks—and manage to be totally fucking clueless about it.

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