Plumed_Basilisk



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    When you put starlight up against the purple rot of a demon’s skin, it sears. That is why beneath their blades the demons turn to ash. It is a cleansing, an exorcism—

    It is the greatest kindness Rumi thinks she’ll ever be allowed, the pyre she’s born on being set alight by the two halves of her heart who no longer recognize her heartbeat as something good.

    (Or, alternatively, Rumi thinks the only way to be good is to take herself out of the equation — again, and again, and again.)

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    04 Aug 2025