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    The door opened, before he could decide whether to be graciously accommodating, or brusquely dismissive. A smallish figure shambled in, more raincoat than man, with a mess of curls - mess being the operative word - and a sheepish expression. He looked to be somewhere between his late thirties and early fifties, but where, precisely, was unclear.

    “Ah, so sorry to bother you, I can see you’re busy, but, if I might just have a word with a Mr …” - the man surreptitiously checked a notebook, as if his failure of memory might somehow be hidden from plain sight - “Elias Bowtchard?”

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    Meryl looked away, paused, and then cleared her throat. "This doesn't change how…how I feel about you."

    The words shocked Milly. She'd braced herself for Meryl to react out of fear—disgust, even. Not whatever this was. As she looked closer, she could see that Meryl was now blushing furiously.

    How I feel about you.

    Why did that make it sound like… But, no. Surely not. People didn't feel those kinds of things for her. The conviction that it could not be true made her bold, made her press the issue.

    "And…and how do you feel about me?"

     

    Through a series of unfortunate events, Milly accidentally outs herself as trans to Meryl. However, Meryl’s reaction isn’t what she expects. Fluff ensues!

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  3. Public Bookmark 19

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    “Welcome to the Fire Nation,” I say flatly. “I suppose this will be your new home. Though I wouldn’t get comfortable if I were you. I am not interested in concubines at the moment.”
    Gasps echo down the line. Hands fly to mouths. The sound scraping against my nerves.
    I move on. “You will be confined to the palace walls. Guarded by eunuchs wherever you go.”
    Then I add a bite to my tone. “And should I hear any trouble… There will be severe punishment.”
    The words taste like ash. They sound like him. I force myself to meet their eyes so they know I mean it. “This will be a harem in appearance only. I am far too-”
    And then I see her. The words die.
    Her gown is the colour of pine, patterned in threads of gold. It clings, then falls, loose trousers underneath. A jade pin glints in her black hair. My mouth goes dry. Jin.
    The girl I remember as sweet and soft and has been carved into something sharp. Her cheekbones hollower; her jaw an elegant line. Her eyes, distrusting and yet familiar and dark green, catch mine and widen. Surprise flickers across her face, turning to recognition, then something else. Her lips part.
    And I almost imagine the whisper of a name I hadn't heard in years. 'Lee?'

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    Statement of Makima, the Control-Devil, regarding the Fears and the Devils.

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    Nearly a century after the last appearance of Sozin’s Comet, thirteen-year-old Fire Prince Zuko is banished by his father and given a near-impossible task: find and capture the elusive Avatar, the Fire Nation’s greatest threat.

    After just three months at sea, he discovers a strange boy frozen in an iceberg.

    To both Zuko’s confusion and frustration, the Avatar is nothing at all like he expected him to be. Why would he help him and his uncle escape from Admiral Zhao? Why does he insist on dragging them all over the world to the abandoned Air Temples?

    …Why is he beginning to make Zuko question everything he has ever known?

    Eventually, the Fire Prince finds himself faced with a dangerous choice: his honor, his family, his throne… Or the infuriating boy who has somehow managed to sneak his way into his jaded heart.

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