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    "And you do not know the name of contact." Essek meant for it to be a question though it does not come out as one. "How do you know this is not a trap set by Da'leth?"

    "Beauregard has been thorough in her work." Caleb replies, like that is meant to settle Essek's anxiety. It does a little, though only because he knows just how thorough the Expositor can be. Measure twice, cut once. There is still room for error, especially when dealing with someone as cunning as Ludinus.

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    Essek and Caleb's goodbyes before Caleb leaves for Marquet.

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    28 Aug 2026

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    “Beauregard – you said she is outside?” Essek half-turns in the direction of the front door. “Should we invite her in?”

    It feels like there is something stuck in his throat. “In a moment. She is, ah – giving us some space.”

    Essek turns back to stare at him. Repeats quietly, dangerously, “Space.”

    Caleb forces himself to swallow. “Yes.”

    Essek’s attention is a palpable thing now, sharp like a knife’s edge against his cheek. “Explain.”

    One moment makes all the difference during the battle at Blumenthal. In the aftermath, the Nein grapple with what comes next.

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    16 Jul 2026

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    He thinks maybe it should make him more frightened, that he should worry about the liabilities he has allowed these people to become. It does nothing to temper the joy of being trusted, of being someone worthy of friend. It does nothing to diminish the memory of Caleb’s spellbook in his lap this morning, its owner sound asleep before him; the sweet press of concern behind Jester’s words in his mind the night before as she reached out with sending.
    A rabbit walks into a snare. The snare closes around its throat, killing it. What is responsible for its death, the stupidity of the rabbit or the viciousness of the snare’s purpose?
    The Shadowhand of the Bright Queen walks into the T-Dock, he thinks, and feels sick.

    Two months after surviving the ruin of Aeor, Caleb and Essek return to tie up loose ends.

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    06 Jun 2026

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    “You see, he -- gave me something, and for the life of me I’ve been trying to work out just what in the world it’s supposed to mean. Not much of a talker, our Spymaster, and he had a lot of catching up to do with the king, but I was thinking that --” He pauses for a breath, understanding that he is rambling at this point.

    “I was thinking perhaps you might know something about it, seeing as how you might, er. Know… him…”

    The pair of them stare at each other for a moment, Kelsey raising her eyebrows at him in an expression of surprise and confusion.

    “You think that I know the boss?” she asks.
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    Prompt 7 of FairShaw Week 2021: Blade of Grass.

    In which Flynn Fairwind receives an invitation and a gift from the elusive spymaster, and tries to make sense of both of them. Fill-in of the events leading up to and their night out at the Gilded Rose.

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    19 Jul 2021

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    It had been almost eleven months since the day Mathias had found himself standing at the foot of Gol Koval, in the aftermath of an avalanche that he may or may not have caused, staring at Flynn Fairwind’s coarse hands wrapped white-knuckled around a sketchbook— Mathias’ sketchbook, overflowing with his depictions of the captain in various states of debauchery. 

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    18 Jul 2021