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    Jessica finds Paul in a deep conversation with Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen.

    The both of them are still children yet. They have the appearance of overgrown dolls, porcelain brought to life, small soldiers dressed in small uniforms. Their speech is youthful, high-pitched, and meandering; they pause and search for words and jump from topic to topic, though it is clear to Jessica that the two boys are imitating the intonation of the most influential men in their lives.

    In a lofty echo of his father, Paul asks, "But what of frogs?"

    "What of frogs?" The little na-Baron has the same derisive tone as his uncle.

    Paul replies, "I like to catch them. But there are no ponds on Giedi Prime, you said."

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    Aware of an imminent betrothal between them, Paul and Feyd-Rautha discuss marriage.

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    For a moment he wishes that they lived in a different world, one where Zhao Yunlan wasn't pretending to be an Alpha, and Professor Shen wasn't pretending to be a Beta, and he could breathe in his natural Alpha scent. Zhao Yunlan can't imagine what he might smell like – Shen Wei is a mass of contradictions on the best of days – but he realises all at once that he wants that; wants it almost as much as he wants to know all of Shen Wei's secrets.

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    22 Jul 2025

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    Catelyn had always had a peculiar relationship with promises but she made one to the gods, and she had to keep it.

    [or the one where Catelyn keeps her promise about Jon]

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    07 Jul 2025

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    “Rules are important, and you should listen to them, but somethings are more important still,” Madam Lan easily said, like it wasn’t blasphemy against the Wall of Discipline that her uncle had been careful to teach her. “I want you to be safe, A-Zhan, above everything else. Do you understand?”

    She thought about it, forehead creasing, and eventually shook her head. “No.” she told her, and her mother didn’t scold her like some of her teachers did.

    “That’s alright,” her mother softly said, “you can learn. Just you, A-Huan won’t need to understand this, and you can’t tell him, or anyone else.”

    “Or I won’t be safe?” she asked, trying to figure out the path of logic.

    Madam Lan smiled gently, “close. Sometimes, last measures need to be secret to work the best.”

    Lan Zhan is born female. This changes things, but more things stay the same.

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