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    From the stereo, Freddie Mercury’s voice kicks in with a familiar refrain. Steve taps along to the beat against the steering wheel. From the corner of his eye, he sees Eddie watching him.

    “What?” Steve prompts. “I like this song.”

    “You— what?”

    “I like this song. Dude, I literally own this album. Look.”

    He gestures towards the glove compartment, which Eddie pops open. Sure enough, among the cassettes crammed in with the BMW’s instruction manual and Steve’s registration info, Queen’s The Works is nestled between a copy of Born in the U.S.A. and Abbey Road.

    “Well, I’ll be damned,” Eddie says, not missing a beat. A sharkish grin spreads across his face. “The King isn’t as much of a square as I assumed.”

    Or: Eddie sets out to “educate” Steve on metal, only to learn that Steve knows much more than he gives him credit for. (A love letter to Steve’s many dimensions.)

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    25 Jan 2025

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    Geralt had known Jaskier studied at Oxenfurt University, but he had thought of it as a sort of formal music education. It was becoming abundantly clear that while he had indeed studied music and composition, he also knew a lot more than Geralt had ever learned. And it was impressive. And humbling, too.

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    20 Jan 2025

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    19 Jan 2025

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    Jaskier’s been pretending to be human for so long now that he hardly remembers what it feels like to be a sorcerer. He doesn’t want to remember what it feels like to be a sorcerer. But people still murmur his name with reverence in certain dim halls; Dandelion, Dandelion, destroyer of worlds. 

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    19 Jan 2025

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    “Ah,” Jaskier says. “I see why you might want me not to see you.”
    The creature stiffens at that, and it looks familiar to Jaskier, though he can’t place why. Nothing about this should be familiar, but he knows what this it, this freezing. It’s protection against the world, against being seen, being understood, and being hated (Jaskier doesn’t freeze, he gets loud and colorful and vibrant, but he knows that protection, the fear underneath it).
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    Jaskier stumbles into a castle in the middle of a storm. It"s not the first time. It is the first time the castle in question"s been occupied by a monster, though. And it"s the first time he"s been forced to stay. Certainly the first time he"s been asked to break a curse. That would be a lot easier if his host would tell him what, exactly he has to do. Or why it seems like he recognizes Jaskier.

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    18 Jan 2025