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Post by Seek on Nov 8, 2021 1:50:11 GMT 10
Title: Lacuna Rating: G Word Count: 39 words Summary (and any Warnings): Not every encounter is recorded in the history books. Notes: Nicked the jugular line from a poem by Agha Shahid Ali.
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This they do not write in the histories of Tortall, and in Sarain, they say only that the Peerless and her K'mir shadow were—"closer than the jugular is to man,"—in the fire-songs of the surviving Hau Ma.
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Post by mistrali on Nov 8, 2021 5:39:42 GMT 10
This is a great little glimpse past the tip of the ‘official’ iceberg of K’miri history, into what is not recorded.
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Post by devilinthedetails on Nov 12, 2021 6:17:18 GMT 10
Ooh, intense. I love how much legend and lore feels wrapped into this sentence. Well done!
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