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  1. Public Bookmark 60

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    [SPOILERS TO C4E18.]

    “I never really thought about it before, but I think I might like pain,” Occtis tells him. “Maybe I even liked it before, but always got too lost in all the other feelings the world had to offer to notice it. But now it’s the only feeling that I have. So I think I want to… possess it. To hold it in my hand and do with it how I see fit.”

    It occurs to his social brain that every word of that confession was more alarming than the last, but it has only served to turn Julien’s expression into something avaricious and gleaming. “My ribs are still quite bruised,” he murmurs. “Be my guest.”

    Occtis takes a moment to sort through his thoughts on the matter. He can hear voices from the women’s tent, but they sound faraway and untroubled.

    “Your pain tolerance is good,” he decides aloud. “I trust you not to make any sound.”

    “Of course I can be quiet,” Julien assures him in a honeyed tone. He assumes a more relaxed pose, resting comfortably on his side. “Go on, then. What are you waiting for? I despise cowardice in all its forms—so don’t disappoint me.”

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    14 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 10

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    Hal remembered the feeling he got when he read the writing on Bolaire’s interior surface. Trust might have been a bit of an understatement. He felt the magic of Bolaire’s very self seducing him into a trap, and the temptation to give into curiosity and...commune with the mask in some way had been strong. But there were too many other things going on right now. It hadn’t been the time—and it still wasn’t—but Hal hoped he would get another chance once day. One when Bolaire was prepared for it.

    An Episode 22 Epilogue

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    12 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 82

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    Azune flinched as Bolaire raised his hands to cup the young man’s cheeks, covering both his birthmark and more than one bruise and bloodstain. “You know who I am?” The mask asked. A nod into his hands. “Good. Listen to me carefully, my dear. If you want, I can take it all away for a little while. If you put me on, I will get us both out of here, and you don’t have to see or think about anything. How does that sound?”

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    After being kidnapped and held for ransom by one of the city's younger and more reckless thieves guilds, Azune is injured and traumatized to the point where his friends can't rescue him without hurting him worse. Letting Bolaire put him on/putting on the mask lets Hal, Bolaire, and Murray get him out of there, but taking him off again will be a lengthier, and gentler, process.

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    05 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 27

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    "I stay in the house, move the furniture about
    Try and control what I can
    And feel the world slip through my hand
    You can have it all
    You can have it all"

    Bolaire and Occtis keep the secret knowledge of unworn masks.

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    02 Jul 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 68

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    Clearly, Grace’s refusal to engage with Simon’s outwardly destructive behavior had given Simon an excuse to turn that destructive behavior inwards.

    The beam of his flashlight swept across the sandy beach, illuminating the rolling waves. The distant hum of the wave machine combined with the sound of water crashing was just enough of a comfort to make Grace want to close his eyes and go back to sleep right there.

    But he couldn’t, not without Simon at his back.

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    For the first time in a while, Grace wakes up alone. Simon is nowhere to be found.

    Until Grace does find him...in the ocean, with no pulse.

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    15 Jun 2026