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  1. Public Bookmark 9

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    (“Lofty ideas may provide no defense at all against nihilism, but perhaps little decisions can.”)

    The quote echoes in Kaveh’s mind, the same way it has many times now since the day Kaveh first read it written the notes Alhaitham made about Sachin. It’d taken a while for him to decipher their meaning, and even after that it’d still felt out of reach, an immovable impossibility against the life he’d chosen to live. Ideals and dreams have and always been the backbone of artistry, and to not lean on those felt like a complete antithesis to what he strives for.

    But now, as he stands at the top of King Deshret’s Mausoleum and knowing immeasurable disaster might come to them tomorrow despite all of their efforts, he thinks he might finally start to understand what those words truly mean. Especially in the face of Alhaitham’s steady, unwavering belief.

    (or, what happens after their conversation at the top of the Mausoleum the night before everything changes. Spoilers for Patch 6.6/Luna 7.)

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    19 Jun 2026

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    Alhaitham’s bedroom is destroyed in the attack. He and Kaveh start sleeping together.

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    19 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 64

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    Lohen tries to learn Snezhnayan. After all, the easiest way to someone’s heart is learning their language, is it not?

    It might actually work if he didn’t accidentally say things that sound far more flirtatious than intended, insult Illuga, and threaten murder.

    Not in that exact order.

    But maybe the flirting is exactly as intended.

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    Or: 5 times Illuga misunderstands what Lohen means because of language barrier, 1 time Lohen makes sure there is no room for misunderstanding.

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    19 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 19

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    Childe goes to Mondstadt on Fatui business, meets Lohen, and things proceed in predictable fashion.

    Upon exiting the building, Childe discovers waiting for him a young man wearing a noble's garb in shades of blue. But both the Favonian crest on his chest and the miniature crossbow strapped to his arm make it clear he was anything but.

    "I've heard of you, Mr. Harbinger," the knight says with a sardonic tilt to his lips. "They say you like to fight."

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  5. Public Bookmark 47

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    In which his little ancient relic shatters more easily than Kinich had thought.

    //extremely wrong lore wise, just a what if

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