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OP: How to reshape a physical form with pulled‑sugar (cr糖柏虎-)

Namely, the fact that we get them at all, and the fact that the general Midwestern response is to wander outside to see if we can see it.

We have bad weather forcasted the next few days and I had to talk him through the site tornado plan and storm shelter locations (we have six on site, my office is actually inside one) to head off the poor guy's anxiety and also I had to admit that yes, I also share the general Tornado Alley brain damage and go outside to try and see it when the sirens go off.

'The Odyssey' by Eleonor Piteira.

Wraparound cover art for the Wraithmarked Creative special limited edition of 'The Odyssey' by Homer, available through Kickstarter.

Admittedly, the "you can just get a new disciple" moment definitely stands out as a failure, but it is a good starting point for where their communication begins. Liu Qingge tries to comfort Shen Qingqiu and fails.

But while we don't see everything that happens in the years it takes for Luo Binghe to leave the Abyss, we do see that something shifted in the communication between them.

Maybe the Succubus incident opened his eyes to just how much Shen Qingqiu can misunderstand if allowed, maybe something else.

After a lot of bullshit and imprisonment, there is a scene where Liu Qingge tells Shen Qingqiu to get off his sword. Shen Qingqiu protests, saying he won't tease Liu Qingge anymore, but Liu Qingge immediately corrects himself and explains that it's not safe to ride with him. He's about to be targeted, it's safer for Shen Qingqiu on foot. Shen Qingqiu complies easily after that.

And then, after even more bullshit, when Shen Qingqiu is feeling like shit because the entire plot is a mess, Liu Qingge calls him out on what he’s not saying and comforts him in a way Shen Qingqiu will actually accept . “You fear becoming the sect’s burden, but we don’t fear that burden” - Liu Qingge has picked up on Shen Qingqiu's feelings, but also knows that just saying "you're not a burden" won't actually make him feel any better.

This is "Arras", by Mark Lewanski, and the medium is G L A S S.