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The potion was sweeter than she remembered it, and for a moment, Kael worried that she’d made a mistake with an ingredient. Impossible. It might have been a thousand years, but to her mind, it had been barely more than a nap. She could no more have forgotten the ingredients than she could have forgotten her own name.

Her eyes cleared and she went for the note, glad she’d thought to put it away before the tourists showed up.

The letters shimmered and twisted until they were legible and understandable.

read on…

Date: 2017-10-25 06:24 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] kelkyag
<sniffles>

Date: 2017-10-31 07:02 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] kelkyag
:-P

Nit: She blinked twice, and realized she was blinking away tears. "Joaon… oh, Joaon." should be outdented, not being part of the doubled translation.

Fascinating (and useful, but possibly overwhelming) variation on the potion she wound up with.

Date: 2017-10-31 11:03 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] clare_dragonfly
Ooh, so she's not the only one, huh? And he set this all up for her? Now she has to find him!

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