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  1. Rec 40

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    “Right. So, uh, how much are you asking for this thing? This book of yours.”

    Dori leans back in, her grin widening to reveal sharp teeth. “Oh, I thought you’d never ask, Grandmaster!” she purrs, each word as sweet as honey taken straight from the comb. “Why, it’s only fifty thousand mora.”

    Varka doesn’t quite choke on his own saliva, but it’s a close thing. “Fifty what now?”

    “Oh, don’t be like that,” Dori scolds with a shake of her head. “Anyone else would be asking for much more – it’s not every day you stumble upon a book this old and this useful too! A guide to courting for, ah, individuals specific to Nod-Krai and Snezhnaya? It’s practically a trove of information, Sir Varka! Really now, it’s only because you’re my most loyal, most esteemed, most valuable customer that I can afford naming such a low price.”

    Or: Varka gets swindled into buying a Fae courting guide, written by a human for other humans. He's also forced to come to terms with his own feelings regarding a certain Lightkeeper (who might or might not be Fae). Shenanigans ensue as he attempts to follow this dubious yet somehow effective guide to the very end.

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  2. Rec 40

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    Flins had thought the courting was amusing, at first.

    Or: the courting of one Kyryll Chudomirovich Flins by one Illuga.

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  3. Rec 16

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    For Illuga, becoming a capable Alpha at such a young age was never an overnight process. As his partner, Flins remembers and bears witness to every effort the young Alpha made to build the mental fortitude needed to be relied upon—to truly stand by his side—long before their commitment to start a family began.

    Illuga’s sheer persistence in proving himself as the ideal mate convinced Flins that no other Alpha could ever shatter the silence of his life quite like Illuga has, with a heart so remarkably sincere. And so, he bestows upon him this 'little lantern'—a solace and a testament that the young Alpha has truly become the best for him.

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  4. Rec 97

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    It can be hard to let someone to take care of you.

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  5. Rec 68

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    “Finally,” they say, oblivious to Illuga’s mental slip and subsequent panic, “Are you Captain Illuga?”
    “Oh, you’ve heard of me?”
    “Someone,” they say tightly through their teeth as their hand, which holds Flins’ delicate lantern, begins to shake with what Illuga can only describe as inconceivable amounts of anger, “can’t stop talking about you!”
    “How long has he been like this?”
    “Two days,” the Traveler tells him.
    "I commend your sacrifice."
    (or, Illuga spends a few weeks babysitting a very annoying lantern.)

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