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Her hands still splay across his chest when his eyes snap open, warmth lingering where her fervent prayer had dragged breath, strength, and soul from the Crystal Spire and back into his heart.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

_______ The next time he sees Fiona's face, he's flat on his back on the cobblestone outside of that temple. She's framed in the same starlight that had budded when he left, and the smug visage of that damned red-robed wizard hovers above them.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

He moves quickly through the crowded streets of Suzail– no, Teziir today. Since leaving Westgate, his superiors had sent him to countless cities. Teziir marks his first extended return to the Dragon Coast. And beneath his cloak, a wicked dagger pierces the width of his forearm.

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Cieve Tenement @albinoduelist.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

A duel may be in order.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Alright. (The man stows his whetstone, rises to his feet, and draws his other dagger from the leather sheathe at his belt. It's not the day he wants, not after his recent ordeal - but this is what he's for. He's ready.) Your move first, Tarnished One.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

(Oh. A madwoman. ...he's actually not sure what Ilmater's teachings would say about compassion or judgment for the violently unwell.) I can point you to a bathhouse. The guard will have words if you try this... tactic of yours in town.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I have offered you my patience once, in hopes your first threat was a foolhardy fluke. If you continue like this, I will have to assume you'd attack [anyone] you happen upon.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Very convincing request. Incredibly... reasonable. ('Sane' is the word he'd rather use. But with peace apparent for the moment, he more easily masks his accent and appears to return to sharpening.) But I'm not inclined to offer that knowledge to an aggressive wanderer.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

||guy who swore his life to a god of compassion and has that vow tested every last day of it

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Sweet bloody fuckin' Lord on the weepin' rack-

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

(The dagger stills. ...𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯. 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦...) Man. Sea-Kin, if ye need specifics. Quit wavin' that thing 'round b'fore someone takes exception.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

(...Bit rude.) You're awfully close to the port, and unable to recognize one of my kind. Do beasts usually give you geography lessons? (He's still seated, still calmly sharpening a fine dagger.)

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

(He won't take offense to the 'strange' comment; she caught him in his native form as a Sea Kin, shark teeth and all. But he does look bewildered.) Teziir, on the Dragon Coast. ...Bit of a shithole, but welcome.

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