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@ -115,11 +115,11 @@ For as much as they had downplayed their ability, Codrin was pleasantly surprise
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"Weird though. They skipped the fire and went straight to beheading!" They finished with a bow and sat down grinning at the hearty applause. Both Dear and Codrin leaned in to give them a kiss on the cheek.
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There was silence for a while as the three of them sat and drank their ale and looked at the fire or looked at each other or looked at nothing. Perhaps they left for the prairie. Perhaps they huddled by the fire in shared warmth. Who knows? It did not matter, in that moment. They were home, and they were together.
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There was silence for a while as the three of them sat and drank their ale and looked at the fire or looked at each other or looked at nothing. Perhaps they left for the prairie. Perhaps they huddled by the fire in shared warmth. Who knows? It did not matter in that moment. They were home, and they were together.
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It was only later, when Dear and Codrin had curled together in bed --- Dear's partner had fallen asleep on the couch --- that the fox elbowed Codrin in the side, and ey could hear the grin in its voice. *"Beowulf? You are such a nerd."*
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It was only later, when Dear and Codrin had curled together in bed --- Dear's partner having fallen asleep on the couch --- that the fox elbowed Codrin in the side, and ey could hear the grin in its voice. *"Beowulf? You are such a nerd."*
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Codrin laughed and buried eir face in the fox's scruff. "Did you doubt that I knew of *that?* Tsk tsk."
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Codrin laughed and buried eir face in the fox's scruff. "Did you doubt that I knew of Beowulf? Tsk tsk."
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*"Oh! I did not doubt, but the fact that you pulled that out to start a story time makes me giddy. How long had you been planning on doing that?"*
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The finality of the word brooked no argument, and Codrin left it at that. "I'll get them sent over in the morning."
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*"Thank you."* Even the fox sounded on the edge of sleep. *"I think May will enjoy that too. She is probably already poisoning Ioan with talk of myths and legends."*
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*"Thank you."* Even the fox sounded on the edge of sleep. *"I think May will enjoy that too. She is probably already poisoning Ioan with talk of myths and legends, if I know her."*
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"Ey'll rise to the occasion, I'm sure. That's as much up eir alley as history is."
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*"You two do make good amanuenses."*
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"Well, you two do seem to attract quite a few stories."
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"Well, your clade does seem to attract quite a few stories."
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Dear laughed and wriggled itself closer against Codrin leaving space for its partner when they would inevitably crawl back to a real bed.
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