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"Kina," said Tao thoughtfully, her spoon of lentils paused midair. "If Silt's a macaron, what sort of pastry would I be?"
"A canelé, obviously"
— Jun 03, 2026 07:23PM
"A canelé, obviously"
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"We're just travelers, and we really ought to be on our way."
"Oh? But you've a warrior, a thief, a mage—yes, yes, a fortune teller-and a ....er, troll-conquering baker. I'd say you quite meet the general requirements for adventuring!"
— Jun 04, 2026 07:49AM
"Oh? But you've a warrior, a thief, a mage—yes, yes, a fortune teller-and a ....er, troll-conquering baker. I'd say you quite meet the general requirements for adventuring!"
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"Small fortunes are wispy, delicate things—not like greater fortunes, whose lines are etched deeply and will not be moved for love or for money."
— Jun 03, 2026 06:54PM
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Sometimes, when I tell a fortune, the recipient can do something to prevent it from coming true." Or they do something to make it come true. She tried not to think about what that might mean. Whether she was reading the future, or in truth writing it, didn't really matter, surely—as long as she told only small, unimportant fortunes.
— Jun 03, 2026 06:54PM
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"What you said... Well, that sounds more like something different, to me."
"Like what?"
"Like family, I suppose."
And the two of them stood there awhile longer, the brawny old warrior and the young Shinn fortune teller, each lost in their own cloud of longings and regrets, before they finally took leave of the church and returned to Tao's wagon.
— Jun 03, 2026 06:45PM
"Like what?"
"Like family, I suppose."
And the two of them stood there awhile longer, the brawny old warrior and the young Shinn fortune teller, each lost in their own cloud of longings and regrets, before they finally took leave of the church and returned to Tao's wagon.

