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  1. Public Bookmark 1

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    After watching the news reel of the Zephyr’s launch (over and over), eight-year-old Olethra MacLeod writes to Maxwell Gotch, hoping to make a friend who shares her taste in books and isn’t afraid of her dad.

    Grieving after the recent loss of his grandfather, seventeen-year-old Maxwell has never talked to children much, but he could use a friend who also longs for adventure and doesn’t see him as just another Gotch.

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    15 Jan 2026

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    Look. Pretending him and Torse were engaged had just seemed like the best idea at the time. And in both of their defence: Marya had been the one to accept the offer.

    (Torse and Maxwell pretend to be betrothed so that Maxwell doesn't have to marry some duke's daughter. Things escalate.)

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    07 Jan 2026

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    It starts—as most things on the Zephyr do—as a drunken bit.

    “Gotch.” Van says solemnly. Her flesh hand shoots out to grip his shoulder tightly. Her eyes burn into his skull. “I’m gonna be your dad.”

    Maxwell blinks. “What?”

    “Your father is an absolute arse, and if he doesn’t want you, I call dibs. I’m your new da.”

    Or: Longspot Gotch sucks. Van, ever the problem-solver, steps up.

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    04 Jan 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 31

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    Exhaustion crashes into Maxwell in the wake of the final battle, dredging up all the bitter fears he hadn't wanted to taste and the wounds he'd thought had been closed.

    The beginnings of a healing ritual come in the form of Torse, tea, and a garden swing in a snowstorm.
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    Or, Maxwell wants to go to Zern. Torse wants Maxwell to go to Zern. Why the hell isn't Maxwell going to Zern? (Hint: Longterm trauma can inhibit communication skills.)

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    31 Dec 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 35

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    Normally, when he gets like this – this level of anger, this unsettled, untethered, rowdy – he goes out on the streets, taking beatings and dealing them out with just about anyone who will go a couple rounds with him.

    Unfortunately, he is currently on a ship with a limited number of people, none of which would give him the fights he needs.

    He needs –

    What he really needs is someone to hit, someone to hit that will hit him back without worrying about injury on either side.

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    or, Max has a meltdown after Katur and the disaster of meeting Comfrey.

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    30 Dec 2025