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    One by one the moments when the girls realized that Master Qifrey and Olruggio were in love. Plus one moment where someone knew their love was not meant to be.
    (also analyzes Qifrey and Olruggio's parental relationship with the girls)

    Unlike all the other apprentices, Riché had immediately assumed that Master Qifrey and Master Olruggio were married. For her, it was a far greater shock to learn that they were not.

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    16 Aug 2026

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    Why can she not complete such a simple assignment? How many times has she thought of her mother in a pang of homesickness and a nausea of shame? The things Agott would tell her—had she the temerity to speak to her brazenly, or the Arklaums’ goodwill for a homecoming—have swirled in her from her very first day in Master Qifrey’s atelier. There is much he excels at, better than even the revered Chief Librarian Adina Arklaum. There are a few qualities of his he should definitely improve; likewise for Master Olruggio. Likewise for herself.

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    16 Aug 2026

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    “You know,” Olruggio says, roughly. He doesn’t move to take Qifrey’s hand again. “You know. You can’t not know, Qifrey.”

    Qifrey just looks at him. “I do.”

    The rain continues falling.

    (And so Olruggio forgets. And he inevitably figures it out again, because of course he does; and he inevitably chooses to forget again, and again, and again, because his heart is always the same. The story is always the same. Like a tale from under a silverwood tree, like a myth from the days of old, not so much tied by the constraints of the narrative so much as being narrative itself. Antigone must bury her brother. Iphigenia must be put to death. At a thousand turns, in a thousand ways, Orpheus must turn, and he must look, again, and again.

    And Olruggio forgets.)

    There is an old story about a witch and a silverwood tree.

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    05 Aug 2026

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    Silver Eve leaves lasting scars, and not all are visible. But Coco is not alone, and the future—no matter how dark—is never without hope. Sometimes, all it takes is a single step.

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    05 Aug 2026

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    “Keep the similarities to a minimum, alright, Coco?” Qifrey says, timing the joking self-deprecating laugh just right, giving her a smile so she thinks nothing’s wrong.

    But she doesn't budge. She looks right back at him.

    “I do resemble you, then?”

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    or, Coco needs glasses, and she once again reminds her professor of himself.

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    04 Aug 2026