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[X] Sixiang the companion, the friend… and perhaps something more, it would make her already tricky situation trickier, but… she felt she could try. Difficult vote, and I would be agonizing over it more if it was closer, but at the end of the day I think I just enjoy the story involving this...

Oh sick the pickle plan is winning now, hope we can keep that lead.

[X] Plucking the Pursestrings

[X] Plucking the Purse Strings [X] Pluck the Purse Strings Hrm, apparently I'm picky about this because this is the only one I actively like. Feels nice to say with the alliteration, is used as a verb, describes the effect of the tech pretty accurately with only a tasteful amount of poetic...

[X] The fountains, where the strains of stringed instruments rose, and pairs danced in courtly elegance.

[X] Truth lies at the intersection between reality and perception. Communication is the method by which the Truth is changed, inch by inch, and year by year.

[X] Plan Pickle Requests mk IV Defaulting to this, God I have less than zero interest in flying ships or towers, a bunch of miscellaneous cool stuff is just fine with me.

My personal fantasy of ripping off a layer of cloth to reveal the entire set in front of a gaping audience didn't occur, Mathilde sure went for a deliberately casual understated approach, but hey it isn't everyday the greatest wizards in the Empire collectively boggle at your accomplishments...

The most human we've ever seen her. Respect from a daughter to her dead parents. Hot damn that is a lovely gesture and a huge flex. Yah, the Bai's own Inviolate Death is the Sovereign that made death, uh, inviolate. The reason why it's supposed to be impossible normally. And it's getting...

[X] She wants trust. I spoiled her in some ways, I think. I've seen how she's worked on Xiao Fen. It's important for her to know you, so that she can trust you with more important things.

I do get that, and understand that "your White Serpent boss wants to understand all your secrets and your mind" is something that is super terrifying. However, Anxi just broke through his guarded caution and asked us outright for the answer to a question that has been metaphorically keeping him...

Okay it is changed now to remove the "but no". She's now saying "but I don't think I would [be so free and incautious]", since that was what he said she'd be. Does this mean that she agrees with him? That feels incorrect. If the "don't" was replaced with "actually", then it would be very...

Well you're giving Anxi an admirably strong shot at becoming a suitor that isn't instantly laughed out of the competition. I'm liking this a lot Also am I dumb, because I can't parse what she means. Is she saying that she agrees with him and that she would be more cautious about displaying any...

[X] I took the sound of the waves and the wharves, and strum of mortal strings and sailors songs.

Ooh I like that, Qi has found a wonderful metaphor for art and its used as the lens that distorts stories of their exact truthful details but only in the name of delivering the more important themes and intent to its audience. Someone may want to link those chapters, but the first one looks...