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  1. Public Bookmark 4

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    yield point (n) - a stress sufficiently beyond the elastic limit that the material begins to exhibit plastic properties and continues to deform without further increase of load
    —used especially of tension.

    Thaisha and Vaelus engage in metallurgic discussion. Amongst other scientific discoveries.

    Set in middle of the prior fic of this series: "The Shape of Want"

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    09 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 9

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    One surprise pregnancy.
    One ruined date.
    And one very demanding brunette on the couch who wasn't there to talk.

     

    Or, Melissa got Shauna pregnant and the price was quite different from what she had expected.

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    14 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 16

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    “For the last time,” Melissa starts, yanking the front door open without particularly caring whether whoever’s outside catches the whole sentence as she braces herself for the imminent flash of cameras. “Nothing fucking happened out there, we were just-” The rest of the words, however, die in her throat at the sight in front of her. 

    There’s no nosy asshole reporter standing on her porch with a microphone shoved in her face, asking the same invasive questions they’ve been bombarded with ever since the rescue, as the cool evening air comes rushing in. Instead, there’s Shauna Shipman.

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    A few weeks after the rescue, a pregnant Shauna shows up on Melissa’s doorstep.

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    14 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 5

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    “You don’t know me. You don’t know what I stand for. You don’t know who I pray to anymore.”

    Vaelus knows what she may have just implied, given how closely the elder had been watching them the last several days, but she can't bring herself to care.

     

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    after vaelus' talk with hannan, she seeks out thaisha. she may not pray to a god anymore but there is someone who still walks this earth that she will wholeheartedly put her faith into.

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    14 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 2

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    Vaelus and Thaisha talk about grief. (and its gay)

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    “I don’t know what happened,” she says. “The birds were spirits, I think. They brought me the Stone. I don’t know why, but I’m grateful. After the memories…did you hear them sing?”
    Thaisha nods. “Nightingales. I recognize the song.”
    Vaelus frowns. “Ah.”
    “Does that mean something to you?”
    “Not to me specifically,” Vaelus says. “But I’ve traveled some, and oftentimes people worship animals and nature much like you do. Birds are messengers for the dead. I’ve heard that nightingales sing because the souls they carry yearn to find a god.”

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    06 Jun 2026