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Death Prefers the Minor Keys

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“I don't know why I'm so upset. It's not about dying. You get used to it, when you can literally feel the moment second hand. Often the heart just does a flip-squeeze, like--" He thumped Jav over the heart. "Bleeding out is different. Sometimes the heart just gives up." His hands shook. "If I died, I'm not sure I'd know the difference. I think it'd feel the same, except I wouldn't have to be there, after.”

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“I was also dissolving time, since I knew I could never again participate in a ceremony more powerful than this one. And this is why, as I approached the line that separates consciousness and unconsciousness, I focused my entire being on that second, which still hadn't arrived but which certainly would arrive, when the past and future would be engulfed by a sheer and eternal present with which I would then merge.”

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“No, Liam,' Xaden chokes out as he crouches in front of us, the muscles in his face working to control his expression, but there's no hiding the despair that pushes at our mental connection. 'Deigh,' Liam pleads in a strangled whisper, turning his head toward Xaden. 'I know, brother,' Xaden's jaw flexes and our gazes lock above Liam as tears overflow my eyes. 'I know.' He leans forward and lifts Liam into his arms, then stands, carrying him. 'I'll take you.”

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“Deigh,' Liam whispers, falling limp against Tairn's back. 'I'll get you to him,' I promise, already fumbling with the strap's buckle. 'Deigh's gone,' I cry to Xaden, my voice a trembling mess. 'Liam is dying.' 'No,' I feel his terror, his sorrow, and his overpowering anger wrap around my mind, mixing with my own until it hurts to breathe. Minutes. We have minutes. 'Just hold on,' I whisper to Liam, fighting not to cry as he looks up at me with those sky-blue eyes, wide with shock and pain. After everything Liam has given up for me, this is the least I can do for him. I can get him to Deigh the same way I know he would carry me to Tairn or Andarna.”

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“before the love of my life decided he didn’t want to live anymore, he told me the stars belonged to us. We spent every night together, our bodies softly intertwined on harsh roof tiles, memorizing the patterns in the sky. So even as he withered, as his body became less body and more corpse, I believed our stars would give him faith. I believed they would keep him alive so long as he could look up and see they hadn’t fallen.”

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