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aggh! stressful. :/

it's like the big misunderstanding, only it's been in progress since the beginning and the entire time they're building their very timid relationship. and there's more than one of them. if this were m/m. ;)

there's a definite sense of suspense now :/

ok, I haven't really cared for Grace up to this point, despite finding her very relatable, but the interaction with her and Thaniel at the ball is wonderful.

it's very hard to see where this is going, which is cool, but also makes it feel a bit unstructured. it's also incredibly understated. like the barest hints possible that Thaniel feels some attraction to Mori, but then there were just two startlingly intimate gestures after Thaniel comes home his first day at the f.o. which were so unprecedented i had to reread and wonder if it really meant what it i took it to mean

"he did not often have business with more than one octopus at a time."

this is very? calm? serene? idk. slow but not in a bad way. there are events but they don't feel like a plot. the characters are intriguing without really doing anything. it doesn't seem like it should work but it really does.