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The Almost-smile: Two Ways Not to Break

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A jester once made his mother laugh so hard she never caught her breath again.
People say it like it’s a story. Like it’s funny, in a dark way. He doesn’t correct them. He just keeps talking, keeps joking, keeps filling every quiet space before it has the chance to close in. Silence, to him, isn’t peaceful. It’s the moment right before something goes wrong.

He used to belong somewhere. A court, bright and loud and full of people who laughed on cue. Until he told the truth about a dead prince. They laughed, at first. Then they realized he meant it. Three seconds later, he was gone.
Now he travels alone, or as close to alone as he can get in a world where even grief has a voice. He tells jokes to Hollows, people emptied out by something they couldn’t carry. He writes down every joke that doesn’t land, like if he can just get one right, something might finally settle. then he meets a priestess. she refused to bless to burn 47 heretics. what will come for them?

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