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Chapter 43: The Dream Argument
The departure of the university crowd had made the second floor of the beer hall far less lively, but Eni barely noticed. Her attention...

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Jan 11, 202425 min read
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Chapter 42: Papers, Prattles, and Professors
There were at least half-a-dozen beer halls in the general direction of the university and Eni's apartment, but only one would do. The...

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Jan 4, 202416 min read
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Chapter 41: Haven of Tall Tales
In the end, Tsar had been right about the boat almost being ready to depart. They had made it aboard with less than ten minutes to spare,...

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Dec 28, 202319 min read
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Chapter 40: Currents of Creation
“It's just seaweed, is all.” “It's a river, idiot. Whoever heard of seaweed in a river?” “Fine, river weeds, you oaf. But you're dimmer...

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Dec 21, 202328 min read
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Chapter 39: The Lone Self
I could have stopped him. I keep coming back to that thought, no matter what I do or how long it's been. I've lost track, my journal...

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Dec 14, 202315 min read
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Chapter 38: Echo of the Innocent
“Ignore me,” Tsar said, and Eni nodded. They had stopped for the night, and although Eni was so weary that even keeping her eyes open was...

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Dec 7, 202323 min read
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Chapter 37: Stormroar
"Out the doors?" Eni blurted, staring at Tsar. She had never heard him deliberately make a joke, but what he was suggesting was so...

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Dec 1, 202316 min read
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Chapter 36: The Final Word
There was a sound like the end of the world as Wordermund's sarcophagus split apart, and Eni fell to her knees, clamping her paws over...

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Nov 23, 202316 min read
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Chapter 35: The Unvanquished
Eni stood frozen in place, her mouth instantly dry with fear. The Woemaker was going to come for them, she knew. It would only take a...

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Nov 16, 202324 min read
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Chapter 34: Katabasis
Tsar had started running the instant they were back outside, and Eni couldn't keep up. She pushed herself as hard as she could, ignoring...

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Nov 9, 202319 min read
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Chapter 33: Where the River Bends
To step into Ghabarahata was to step thousands of years back in time, and Eni loved it. Ghabarahata had been many things in the course of...

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Nov 2, 202325 min read
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Chapter 32: The Abjected
When Eni woke up, the sun was nothing more than a golden sliver on the horizon. She rolled onto her side and watched the light passing...

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Oct 26, 202320 min read
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Chapter 31: Perdition
"Words that mean different things but sound the same spoken," Tsar said suddenly, "How are they written?" It was the first he had spoken...

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Oct 19, 202326 min read
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Chapter 30: The Dying Light
"When?" Eni breathed. The word came out so low that she could barely hear it herself over the sudden pounding of her heart. Tsar didn't...

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Oct 12, 202314 min read
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Chapter 29: The Haunting of the Hellcat
The spirit didn't answer Tsar's question. It reached out one spectral arm, and Eni was struck by the terrible reality of it. The shade...

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Oct 5, 202317 min read
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Sep 30, 20231 min read
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Chapter 28: Spellbound
Tsar was as silent as he usually was as he left Tormurghast with Eni, but there was something that seemed different to her about him as...

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Sep 28, 202319 min read
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Chapter 27: Valedictory
Tsar didn't speak another word as they left Castle Titus, but Eni didn't mind. It felt as though she had an odd hollow that her thoughts...

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Sep 21, 202316 min read
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Chapter 26: Of the Broken
"How could the League have possibly blackmailed Jenarius?" Eni asked. Renald grimaced, and it occurred to Eni that the rhinoceros might...

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Sep 14, 202328 min read
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Chapter 25: Practice Wordplay
Once they were out of Aza's room, Tsar suddenly pulled Eni's satchel from beneath his voluminous and tattered cloak and shoved it into...

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Sep 7, 202326 min read
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