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  1. Public Bookmark 17

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    —What color are your eyes?
    —Purple. Like the clouds at sunset.
    —And mine?
    —Like the blue of the sea in winter

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    This work is part of a series, but it works perfectly as a standalone story; you don't need to read the other parts.

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    08 Jun 2026

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    “Can you fix my eyes?”
    “It’s not your eyes that need to be fixed.”
    For a moment, he’s back in the hospital with his head throbbing and immense pain coursing through his veins, his lungs on the verge of collapse, his body begging for it all to end. He’s tired, so tired. Tired of not knowing anything, tired of the constant aches, tired of trying to find himself with nothing to show.
    “I don’t understand.” His voice, over the flames and screams in his head, comes out quiet. He’s not sure if he even said the words out loud or if he merely moved his lips, mute with nothing but ragged breath escaping.
    A strong arm pulls him back into the priest’s warm chest.
    “You reek of monkey.”

    Temporary amnesia due to severe trauma. It’s all the doctor can tell Satoru when he wakes up bloodied and bruised with no ID on him and no fingerprints matching any record. Plagued with the idea that his life must have been meaningless if no one is even looking for him, Satoru finds himself in front of a buddhist temple that proves him otherwise. As the haze around his memories clears, the guesses of who did this to him and why turn muddier and muddier.

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    07 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 17

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    “If only I could have died in that fire too…”
    “Dying, huh…”
    “If you ask me, living is more admirable because it is the most difficult.”
    “To dream of living is a wonderful thing. So I hope you find it in you to want to survive. Because there is so much more in life to experience.”

    Wherein after Nahida heals Wanderer, who got injured after protecting her, her dream intertwines with his.

    Ashes teaser trailer reimagined with Kabukimono meeting Nahida instead of Wanderer

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    02 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 27

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    But she wants to try. This man may have been her enemy, but now...

    Now... she thinks she's finally starting to see him. And she wants to help him.

     

    Or: shortly after his defeat, Nahida decides to take a barely conscious Balladeer under her wing.

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    01 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 38

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    On the eighth day after his awakening, she visits him in person, finding him curled up on the divan like a pill bug. His hair spills over his face and shadows his eyes, but she can tell from the way his bare feet brace against the mattress beneath him that he’s awake. It makes the ball joints in his ankles, already visible through skin torn and pared down to the metaphorical bone, all the more prominent.

    He doesn’t need to eat; Nahida brings him food anyway. He doesn’t move as she draws near, though she’s certain he hears her. In the dimness of the cell, the violet streaks in his hair seem almost to glow. Below them, the mitsudomoe symbol stamped into the back of his neck stands stark against his flesh—an indelible reminder of his artificiality.

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    In the aftermath of Shouki no Kami’s fall, Nahida chooses to pick up the pieces.

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    01 Jun 2026