some mel doods bc i love her a lot and she's way too fun to draw

‘My cousin told me,’ said Alexon, proudly, ‘he met a man who had once been a famous gladiator from Isthima. He lasted only minutes in the arena with Damianos. But afterwards Damianos had him in his chambers for six hours.’ ‘Seven hours,’ said Lamen, frowning slightly.

from new artes, with love / day 6: pragma

Commenter: Very 'Troy' because I get the sense that Damen found real respect for Auguste and that the guy deserved it. Those two would have been a magnificent pairing, in a parallel fic universe. Pacat: Yeah! God, I am happy you picked up on this. I completely fell for the Damen/Auguste dynamic while I was plotting, for exactly the reasons you describe.

from new artes, with love / day 7: philautia