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    Lethe

    The beads called out to Gladion. For a moment, it was so tempting. He was already a thief, wasn't he? Except that he didn't have any use for them given he wasn't long for this world, and they were under Powehi's control, so that whole idea was a non-starter and pretty stupid. Damn beads acting...
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    Sojaveña Wilds Silver Riverside

    They both looked up at the night sky, in a direction unsullied by Lorrel's intrusion. A gesture whose meaning was unspoken but understood. Their father used to tell them old stories of psychopomps and of stars that watched over the people below them at night. Even if he was too much of a man of...
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    Sojaveña Wilds Silver Riverside

    "I didn't really fight with her like you did, and there was a while where that was enough. We got along better when you were around. Once she started expecting things of me, well... I didn't really fight with her like you, but... we stopped getting along." "Oh." Maybe one day, back home, his...
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    Sojaveña Wilds Silver Riverside

    [This post's song has no reuploads/extensions and there are big-ass spoilers in the top comments, so I've embedded it as a youtube music link to hide them. You can find the loop option in the bottom right.] It was peaceful when Lillie woke again. Just the sound of a gentle wind and running...
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    Sojaveña Wilds Silver Riverside

    “NO!” Lillian screamed, voice clearly raw even behind the distortion of radiance. “That’s not what I mean! You know that’s not what I mean! You think you can trap me here and then you want to run away and I’ll get hurt again and you won’t. AGAIN. Stop it!” Another flurry of blows. Then, her...
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    Sojaveña Wilds Silver Riverside

    “That’s stupid! We promised to be there for one another, and you broke it. You were the one person I felt like I could trust!” Another series of strikes tore through Gladion's Protect, but more importantly gave Lillian offensive momentum. She quickly turned her blade to the stars again, and a...
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    Sojaveña Wilds Silver Riverside

    Lillian raised a hand to her mouth to stifle a laugh. “Oh, so you want to bow out now that I have the strength to fight back~” The laughter left as suddenly as it arrived, sublimating into rage in the blink of an eye. Her rapier, still humming with radiance, unleashed that power like a whip...
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    Sojaveña Wilds Silver Riverside

    Lillian rose to one knee, then pushed off the ground and leapt into the air. Her rapier twitched, then surged up to her side. Lamellae fluttering in the wind, she did a small twirl at the peak of her jump before stopping, suspended in midair. She reclaimed her rapier, finally the right length...
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    Sojaveña Wilds Silver Riverside

    Her plea went unheard. Gladion was focused purely on what she’d said before it. "Sacrifice? What sacrifice? She loved you. It was me she hated, she loved you." His shadow billowing out before concentrating itself into razor threads and surging towards her, piercing her body and heart. There...
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    Sojaveña Wilds Silver Riverside

    Memories of stainless steel walls, of white lace, and a burning desire to be free cut into Gladion’s mind. He was so afraid that she’d come for him, that he’d taste freedom for a day or two and then lose it all over again. Mother— Lusamine may not have even bothered bailing him out of prison...
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    Sojaveña Wilds Silver Riverside

    Gladion put on a disaffected voice, like this subject was just boring to him. “Tell me something I don’t already know. Or at least don't say it as if that hasn’t just been the status quo for years before I left.” But the RKS System sparked again, this time less consciously. He’d tried so hard...
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    Sojaveña Wilds Silver Riverside

    Lillian pulled out her rapier, an awkward process given it was longer than would suit the length of a Kirlia's arm, and flicked it into his cheek without much passion in it. She narrowed her eyes. “Like that?” Gladion laughed. In the interest of being sporting, he pushed his Volition towards...
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    Sojaveña Wilds Silver Riverside

    Lillian's eyes dug into him. "Absolutely not. No, you're definitely the continuation of what you were like when we parted." Confusing and uncommunicative. "But he's honest. Like the, uhh, damage on the floor thing, if you wanna be mean about it." Gladion sat down next to her, but stared down at...
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    Sojaveña Wilds Silver Riverside
    Threadmarks: Ch10: irReconciliation (Gladion and Lillian Solo)

    Gladion found Lillian sat by the edge of the Silver River, staring up at the night sky with he back pointedly facing away from Lorrel's red star. As expected. She'd called him out here. To talk about... something. "Hey, Lillian. I'm here. Is this..." Important? Their time in this world was...
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    Lethe

    Chi-Yu's heat was overwhelming. For a moment, Gladion was worried he'd misjudged the situation, that he wasn't going to make it. And then the firestorm broke, and he was still standing. His confidence surged back to him. He grinned, pretending that it had never left at all. An act for no one, he...
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