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  1. Public Bookmark 54

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    As soon as Li Lianhua has regained enough breath to speak, he grumbles, “I’m fine,” in a voice still hoarse from coughing. “If the deadliest poison in the world couldn’t kill me, do you think some dust will? Honestly.”

    Or: Fang Duobing and Li Lianhua return to Lotus Tower, fix it up, and begin healing.

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    21 Mar 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 77

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    Fang Duobing takes one step forward, then another more slowly, as though afraid Li Lianhua will spook like a wild animal. Disappear like an old ghost.

    Or: a little worse for wear, Li Lianhua comes home to the two people (and one dog) who never stopped looking for him.

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    21 Mar 2024

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    They say every time things will be different. Rukia has stopped believing them at last.

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    01 Jan 2024

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    Meng’s messages to Jinling and Jingyan are short and carefully edited. He writes about the skirmishes that lead to battles and the battles that lead to stalemates. He writes about the snow, how it drifts in the valleys and low places, how it melts beneath the sun and freezes again during the night. He writes about his generals, his lieutenants, and his captains. He writes about his strategist.

    He writes, Mei Changsu is a skilled tactician. His insights have led to profitable battles with low casualty rates. He silently mouths to himself, He can no longer ride a horse. I don’t know how he will travel back to Jinling, and then writes, With Mei Changsu’s assistance, we will win this war quickly and with lower costs than anticipated.

    He says to himself, “Mei Changsu is the cost,” and then covers his mouth with his hand, the scales of his gauntlet pricking at his skin.

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    Meng spends a cold winter caught in a war with two fronts--the Greater Yu army on one front, and a dying strategist on the other. It's basically ten thousand some-odd words of Meng-feels, Meng&Lin Shu bromance, and the slow breaking of a man's heart as he watches his best friend die.

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    22 Jun 2023

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    “Oberhauser is still alive,” Q explained, tapping at the keys. “The ring proves it. And it seems they were all part of one organization. Le Chiffre, Quantum, Sciarra, and your friend Mr. Silva.”

    Bond’s mouth quirked. “My friend?”

    “He certainly isn’t mine,” Q replied. “There was trace DNA from all of them on the ring. And do you know who links them all?” He looked up before Bond could reply and met the other man’s gaze over his shoulder, mouth curling just a little as he prodded, “Go on, give us a guess.”

    “Him,” Bond rumbled ominously, voice low and black. Near to Q as he was it would only take a shift of weight from one foot to the other to bring their mouths together.

    Madeleine felt herself flush faintly at the realization, but didn’t look away. How very interesting.

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    25 Oct 2022