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"Would you be willing, for the sake of this very moment two hundred years from now, to encounter the same people at the same time countless times, to relive the same fate over and over, repeating the cycle of an independent history until you reach the salvation we agreed upon?"
Even if it were a question, the answer was conspicuous. The scarlet-haired divine maiden lowered her gaze to the golden-haired boy sleeping in her arms, her resolve beyond question.
The Archon of Time, an existence of the highest order, merely chuckled. "So many regrets have been etched into history, yet none have been as stubborn as you. Even those who have suffered fates far worse than yours never dared to make such an unreasonable demand. What gives you the right to ask me to forge a contract with you?"
The girl lifted her gaze, her cherry lips parting as her fearless eyes met the Archon of Time.
Silence. Within the vast stillness of the Sancticor Cathedral, only the chime and motion of the timepiece echoed.
All miracles come at a cost—let alone ascending to Celestia, taking the divine throne, and becoming the Eighth Archon of the Seven.Series
- Part 1 of As the Light Ferries us
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20 Mar 2026
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"... You have to look with the heart." — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, "The Little Prince".
'"Lyney,” Lynette says again. She’s softened the edges of her voice, and the familiar stifling guilt in his throat makes swallowing almost painful. “Please, let us in a little. We all care about Lumine here, but we still need to know how much you’ve shared with her.”
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If Lynette is the truest thing he has, Lumine must be the truest thing in all Teyvat — her radiance left untainted by the lies and shadows he and his siblings live in, her light akin to a sun’s. That is why he’s undeserving of her forgiveness; why he yearns for it nonetheless, that lost treasure of her trust.'In which Lyney has found a fox for whom he’d be willing to cut down the thorns of his mask; one he's hoping to tame.
A post-story quest, pre-Meropide fic where Lyney bares his heart about a certain traveler to his two siblings — une discussion à cœur ouvert, a "heart-to-heart conversation” between Hearth siblings.
(Can be read as standalone, or as a prelude to "Speech Acts". Takes place after "In Your Orbit". Fic complete!)Bookmarked by scaurelia
20 Mar 2026