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How does a person recover from a tragedy like that?
For Seeking Sword and Purring Tiger, discovering that they were siblings cemented a decision that they had been coming to on their own, even if they had not recognized it yet.
For Flaming Arrow and Rippling Water, who had grown up nearly equal in station, in families at the apex of their power, learning from the same tutors, thrown together at nearly every social or diplomatic function, and expected by their elders and indeed by every citizen of the Eastern Empire to become mates, how does a person cope with the tragedy of discovering that the person each has mated—and loves deeply and has two children with—is his or her sibling?
How does a person recover from a tragedy like that?—The Fall of the Swords, by Keeping Track.
“Lord Em
