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    Qifrey remembers every time he’s erased Olruggio’s memory.

    He remembers the first time Olruggio learned about the Silverwood. The second. The fifth. The twentieth. He remembers every promise, every argument, every desperate attempt to stop him. And every time Olruggio chose him anyway.

    Olruggio, meanwhile, remembers nothing.

    Except…that’s not entirely true. There are gaps that feel too deliberate. Sketches he doesn’t remember drawing. Notes written in his own hand that don’t make sense anymore. And a quiet, persistent certainty that no matter what he’s forgotten, he’s made this choice before.

    As the Silverwood begins to stir again, Qifrey resolves that this will be the last time. He won’t let Olruggio sacrifice himself again.

    Unfortunately, Olruggio has never been very good at letting Qifrey decide things alone.

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    06 Jul 2026

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    Qifrey knew of the risks with this procedure. But if, in exchange for his sight, he were to get his future back?

    The choice has never been more easy to make.
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    Aka, a post-canon au in which Qifrey becomes fully blind

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    28 Jun 2026

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    He'd been too comfortable. Qifrey almost laughed when it hit him: this entire predicament was supposed to be anything but reassuring, but somehow, the gentle pass of time had withered away the sharp edges of his suffering. Just like the tides would smooth over the rocks of the shore again and again until they became nothing but sand, he'd grown to expect the pain, until it wasn't as excruciating anymore. It was almost like having a reason for it was enough to soften the blow.

    And it did. Stars, it did.

    (Or, the Silverwood tree is growing again, but this time it won't go away. Luckily, Qifrey's family has no intention of ever letting him go.)

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    25 Jun 2026

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    “Well,” Olruggio paused as he ate some of the food, thinking it over. Qifrey might be able to help a little, he might have seen more of Custas than Olruggio had for a start. “Coco asked me to find out how to remove a silverwood seed from someone.”

    A thud startled him, and he looked over to see Qifrey had dropped the book and was staring at him with wide, almost horrified eyes.

    When Coco comes to him with an unusual request, Olruggio is more than willing to help out. But the more he researches and experiments, the more he can't help but notice about his best friend. When it comes down to it, is there any way to save a Silverwood host?

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    25 Jun 2026

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    Olruggio wrapped his arms around Qifrey’s waist and pulled him close. He rested his chin on Qifrey’s shoulder, warm and real and solid. Qifrey returned the gesture, his eye sliding shut. He let out a breath. They remained that way for a long while, leaning against each other. This could not ease Qifrey—he’d managed a delicate balance that allowed him to indulge in these small ways while retaining his ever-present fear—but Olruggio’s weight became heavier and heavier as he relaxed into it.

    Qifrey could do these things for Olruggio; he could take care of him, though it would never make up for everything that he had done.
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    Qifrey and Olruggio build themselves a home. The days pass in the closest thing to domestic bliss that Qifrey can manage. It cannot last.

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    23 Jun 2026