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by
Nghi Vo
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May 3 - May 12, 2024
Almost Brilliant
Chih
“Cleric Chih,
the Divine
neixin’s
imperial sorcerer.
There was no road there during the day, but obviously at night, things were different.
Haha
Simile
the ghosts would have fallen on any living thing that crossed their path, tearing them to pieces and then crying because they were still so hungry.
Lake Scarlet.
the mammoth and lion of the empire
Anh,
Lake Scarlet
“Don’t tell me it’s looters already?”
Question - the place looks abandoned?
an old woman
“Grandmother, I’m here to—” “Shush, girl, it’s happening.”
Chih stood side by side with the woman,
Chih was old enough to know that no one was harmless, and still young enough to obey instantly that tone of command from an older woman.
Haha
Not a girl at all, but a cleric.”
the Singing Hills abbey.
This little feathery menace is Almost Brilliant.”
Haha- any time “is” is used with their name it is very funny.
Haha
I am descended from the line of Ever Victorious and Always Kind.
They killed so many of your kind during the reign
Emperor Sung.
“The Singing Hills aviary w...
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If you know about neixin, grandmother, you must know how they need to have a place and a name for everything.”
My family name is Sun,
Rabbit.”
I have never lost a single tooth.”
Haha - for never losing a tooth.
Lake Scarlet
the declassification.”
now that you are here, and Almost Brilliant as well, I am pleased that the true history of Lake Scarlet will be told.”
the former Divine, who had always encouraged their acolytes to speak to the florists and the bakers as much as to the warlords and magistrates.
the eclipse next month and the new empress’s first Dragon Court,
Kailin
Empress I...
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of 60 years, p.
declass...
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the first to unearth Thriving Fortune’s secrets,
Thriving Fortune
it was a bitter thing indeed for them to be sent into the wilderness with a barbarian empress.”
Haha
“I would be grateful, grandmother, for any stories you could tell me of the empress’s time here at Lake Scarlet.
This house is very old, and you will have your work cut out for you if you want to be in the capital for the eclipse.
archivist? Historian? Question
I’m not sure I care for the rest, but at least we have been made welcome.”
Haha - a defensive strategy? Or a ritual? Question
a rabbit nosing at the makeup stand of a fine lady.
White fur,
