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    Occtis only knew the rest of the night in flashes.

    The overwhelming rush of sensation and imagery and information was thick and sharp and something that felt almost painful. It was more, he thought, than he would have been able to comprehend even on a normal day.

    This was so obscenely, absurdly far past normal that there were no words to even try and describe it.

     

    Or: The thing that used to be Occtis Tachonis tries to adjust to his new existence. Hal tries to be gentle with a young man who has had a very long night.

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    21 Nov 2025

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    “Beauregard – you said she is outside?” Essek half-turns in the direction of the front door. “Should we invite her in?”

    It feels like there is something stuck in his throat. “In a moment. She is, ah – giving us some space.”

    Essek turns back to stare at him. Repeats quietly, dangerously, “Space.”

    Caleb forces himself to swallow. “Yes.”

    Essek’s attention is a palpable thing now, sharp like a knife’s edge against his cheek. “Explain.”

    One moment makes all the difference during the battle at Blumenthal. In the aftermath, the Nein grapple with what comes next.

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    21 Nov 2025

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    Essek has a moment to consider that gravity-based trust exercises have never worked for him, and then the spell hits. He leans back into it, falls, falls.

    (In which Essek is resurrected by the Mighty Nein and framed for innocence.)

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    21 Nov 2025

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    Hongjoong sighs. “I just don’t understand what the big deal is? If it’s not even that good on your own, how good can it be with another person, really?”

    This achieves Hongjoong’s goal, at least, in the sense that the entire table goes quiet. Everyone is looking at Hongjoong, who just sits there, her stomach coming up her throat and her chest tight. “What?” she asks defensively.

    Wooyoung gapes, her eyes wide. “Wait, unnie… So does that mean—does that mean you’ve never—?”

    Hongjoong has a secret. When it comes out, Seonghwa volunteers to help.

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    25 Oct 2025

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    The first letter Essek receives from Caleb Widogast is secreted into his pocket at some point during a tense interview with the Bright Queen. For the life of him, Essek cannot figure out how it was done. He doesn’t recall so much as brushing against the other man as he escorted the Mighty Nein out of the Lucid Bastion.

    Yet when he returns to his office, there it is, tucked into a nearly invisible pocket in his mantle — a piece of subpar parchment folded to vaguely resemble a cat’s face with tiny pointed ears.

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