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    Why pin a butterfly... He never understood this as a kid. Because it’s pretty? Useful for a scientific endeavor? Or because someone just liked watching helpless things struggle before they die?
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    it's hard to think while someone tries to saw off your one good arm

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    27 Aug 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 53

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    Often, Qifrey doesn't believe it's over.

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    06 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 36

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    Qifrey tips his head. "Do you dislike it?"

    A pause. "I haven't tried it." Olruggio's tone is odd, slightly clipped. Qifrey can see him biting at the inside of his cheek. "It laces in the back, you know."

    "Oh," Qifrey says. "Should I— That is, would you like help?"

    Qifrey provides a remedy for Olruggio's back pain, with some strings attached.

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    06 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 22

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    "It's him, isn't it?" Utowin ventures. "Qifrey."

    "What about him?"

    "What indeed," Utowin says, cheerful, though his gaze that sweeps the room and Easthies himself is shrewd.

    Easthies is unsettled after the events at the Stairway River.

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    06 Jul 2026

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    Olruggio barks a laugh, then Qifrey does—something, hits the right spot with the right pressure and Olruggio groans instead. It's mortifying, really, but Qifrey just does it again, harder, and Olruggio goes slack under the touch.

    "Ah, hell," Olruggio croaks.

    Qifrey offers Olruggio a massage.

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    06 Jul 2026