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by
Alex White
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June 14 - June 30, 2025
She was obsessed with Orna,
And she wanted Boots to be her friend.
Nilah admired the woman’s survivalist nature, her relentlessness and occasional ferocity.
She saw in Boots a toughness she wanted for herself.
if she relaxed, it would envelop her mind, freeing her to think without restrictions or ego.
When she snapped out of it, the water only left behind vague pleasantness, its intoxicating power gone in a flash.
Kristof’s
Wilson Fields,”
Nilah watched through Kristof’s eyes
it was the purple of Taitutian lilacs, to symbolize Nilah’s innocence.
Kristof could’ve tried to make a pariah of her,
one would’ve faulted him for accusing her of murder.
The pride she felt looking upon that scarf melted into the waters,
as did her shame; she still hoped he failed to finish the race,
Gertrude Schack,
the car sang a metal opera in Kristof’s capable hands.
Simile strong - too strong? Question
thrilled Nilah’s tuner heart,
It’s larger than life.”
“There’s nothing better than being there.”
raw engineering figures.
That’s the reason I fell in love with your driving.
The public thinks you’re boring, but I know better.
I see all the little ways you adjust your drive to become...
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Simile - not as good as the opera? Question
“I have unedited feeds from every driver in every race for the past five years. Track owners get that.”
You’ve got Clowe’s?” Vayle put up a hand. “It cuts out when you reach the tunnel. The authorities claim your spells interfered with it.”
That’s probably because the authorities, the Fixers, and the PGRF have all probably decided that I need to go.
Uziah Lesinski.
Hambleys
If he’d push his car twice as hard, he’d be competitive.
Arclight Booster
she watched Uziah execute a full burn on the booster around a hairpin
He’d boost, but keep the same speed, almost like he enjoyed spraying magic all over the track.
Every time she felt as though she grasped his purpose, it slipped away.
if you’re looking for patterns, one option is to flatten out.”
Change your waking brain waves to look more like your sleeping brain waves.
Most people think that sleep is only three stages, but it’s actually fourteen, including several that take place while you’re still awake.
Haha that’s why they call it “ beauty” sleep.
Her mind held no questions, only queer clarity.
Simile extended
the scents of steam and the men who accompanied her,
A glyph.
Boots
Didier
Haha
The prophecy that directly mentioned her as the downfall of Jean Prejean was nothing more than a frightful mystery at this point:
a timeline between the ravaging of Prejean’s lair and the burning of her office,
Haha Mee too. I love Kathey’s folds.
“I don’t think I ought to be sleeping with people. I’m not sure that I deserve it. I mean, I’m no good for anyone. You know that.”
“When you talk about Kinnard, the dead one, I want you to talk as if it’s you.”
