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    The mood in camp was dark.

    It was only days after they'd buried Davey and Jenny, and there was no guarantee that death wouldn't visit them again. Not yet.

     

    Set just after John is rescued from the wolves. Arthur checks in on him.

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    24 May 2026

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    It’s over.
    But his heart still pounds. His senses still pull him in every direction. His thoughts still feel as if he has to draw them in from a long distance for them to even register.
    It doesn’t feel over.

     

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    The King of Ithaca returned tonight. His mind is a scrambled mess. His family tries to pick up the pieces for him.

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    16 Mar 2026

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    The walls. They are so tall, with mist shrouding the bottoms, and the night is so deep. The clamour rising out of the city behind him would cover any noise - all he has to do is relax his grip, and he avoids offending the gods and cuts off a threat to his family before it can grow. He wouldn’t even hear a cry or the sound of it hitting the rocks below.

    His stomach twists, and he blinks liquid that isn’t rain from his eyes.

    “Forgive me, O Chronodes,” he says, bowing, mind racing, “but if neither myself nor my good son can defend our home adequately by the time this boy is old enough to challenge us, then may Ithaca burn, and us with it.”

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    Odysseus can't bring himself to kill Hector's son.

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    16 Mar 2026

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    On the first sunny day of summer, a stranger comes to Stardew Valley to search for something he's lost.

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    04 Sep 2024

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    In which Arthur becomes a famous artist entirely by accident, and everything turns out alright.

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    10 Jun 2024