The Scholomance has given him a class entirely unrelated to his life. His uncle is dutiful and guides him in the ways he should be, his younger brother is filial, and his older brother is kind and compassionate and worthy of his obedience. Perhaps it thinks that he should be more grateful to his family. Gratitude is a filial virtue.
Kinsei, Liath, Lily, Jiang Cheng, Lan Wangji
fuck-laps
"I know how stories work. There's a beginning, a middle, and an end, and if it's one of those stupid pretentious novels they're having us read everyone's constantly reciting poetry, and if it's a normal novel all the porn is in the extras at the end so you probably want to skip to that."
reality-on-purpose
Is he doing this? Why is he doing this?
"But for magic the kind of knowing how stories work that matters isn't that? It's knowing the symbolism you're using and the patterns you're referencing and how they all come together and what other people have done with them. And stuff like close reading does matter for that."
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