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  1. Public Bookmark 2

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    Liir keeps one door open for Candle, and one for Trism. Rain might've believed this foolishly optimistic but, really, Liir does it because he must. Because the alternative is to consign himself to loneliness for the rest of his life, and feckless Liir has never been that brave.

    His past finally returns, beaten down by years as they've all been, and somehow realer because of it.

    (Sometimes, the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. The trouble then is deciding whether to wake up.)

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    03 Dec 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 2

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    A character study of Vanessa's side of the story from childhood to Fablehaven and beyond.

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    On a fast track to the Society elite, Vanessa basks in the good life. That is, until, she goes undercover and meets Warren Burgess—a man that upends her entire world.

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    23 Jul 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 50

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    This is the first lesson a warrior must learn: how to get up again.

    (Canon divergent, post-season 1: Mizu comes home instead.)

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    30 Mar 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 62

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    “I do not know what Swordfather looks like in his physical form. But I smell woodsmoke.” Mizu inhaled deeply. “Metal in the air, ready to be made new. Grit between my fingers. Gratitude in my heart.”

    “Ah.”

    “For you…I suppose I do see some of that boy you were.” She could sense Taigen shift next to her. “The taste of metal on my tongue itself, bloodied mouth. An overwhelming urge to destroy you.”

    Taigen snorted a laugh.

    “It wasn't a joke,” Mizu told him with a frown; though the corners of her mouth threatened to betray her.

    “I know,” he said, and she could hear the smile in his voice as well.

    AU. Mizu loses her sight to the fire that claims her mother's life. Swordfather takes her under his care, though there are some things he cannot teach her—like how to wield a blade for revenge.

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    29 Mar 2024

  5. Public Bookmark *

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    I set the fire, Mizu had confessed thickly into Taigen's ear, when their mouths were still filled with ash, eyes half-sealed with tears from acrid smoke.

    Did you have a choice? Taigen had asked as a response, hauling them forward another step across a bridge, toward another life.

    Mizu had fallen silent—so silent that Taigen lifted his chin in worry that he had drawn his final breath without Taigen's permission.

    No, the not-samurai had told him then. I did not have a choice.

    And Taigen believed it.

     

    Fool.

     

    Post season 1 canon divergence.

    Taigen crosses the bridge to pursue happiness with Mizu instead.

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    25 Mar 2024

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