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[silk_for_calde]

I was aching and still bleeding from my fight with the White-Headed One-- that great, cruel bird whose sacrilegious name I won't utter-- when I found my way through Blood's villa to Hyacinth's rooms. Her small body had nearly disappeared amongst the sheets and tumbled blankets and so I did not notice her at first; until some noise, some drawn

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YOU'VE SHOCKED HER :O 1/1

[lionesscouchant]

1/1 || He hopes she can forgive him ;__;

[silk_for_calde]

Of course she will ;-;

[lionesscouchant]

I'll speak to you tomorrow, Silk?

♥ this is not his favorite curse ever

[silk_for_calde]

Of course, Lucy.

Although after this, I wouldn't blame you if you never wanted to again.

[westcoastrc]

Uh, all that was really romantic. what's to confess?

[silk_for_calde]

I'm an augur. Such things; such an act, no matter how-- it is forbidden. Our oath to the gods prevents it. Children of the body are denied us, so that all men and all women are our children, as all men and women are the children of the gods.

[westcoastrc]

So...a priest? You're merely human, dude. Flesh is weak.

[silk_for_calde]

You might say priest, in your whorl; there are differences, but the idea is the same.

It means I will never see the gods again, if they deign to come to my manteion's Sacred Window. That is a sacrifice, an evil, I cannot deny.