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Stede Bonnet has always dreamed of space. As a child, it was his parents that held him back. As an adult, it’s the looming presence of protective Dome that stops him from mapping the stars. Stede thinks he might have figured out a way around the Domes, but he’ll need the help of a genius to do it. When he approaches the famous inventor Blackbeard, that decision changes everything and takes Stede places he thought he’d only gaze at longingly from afar.
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08 Aug 2025
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To love requires change.
(And birds.)
(And flowerpots.)
(And witches.)
(And more trips to B&Q than you’d ideally like to make in a week, but it’s fine. No really, it’s absolutely fine.)
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25 Jul 2025
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“Hello?” Stede calls out as he approaches the spot he thinks the crash happened, hoping he isn’t about to be attacked by whatever is making the pained little squawks he can hear coming from a tall tuft of grass. “I’m going to come over to help, and it would be very rude to attack me while I’m doing that.”
Stede sets his lantern down on the ground so both his hands are free to push the grass aside: there, curled up in a bit of a heap, is a tall crane with an injured wing. The crane has gorgeous glossy feathers in shades of what look to be black and dark gray, though it’s hard to be certain at this time of night, and a golden plume of feathers on its head that look like a spiky sort of crown. It’s also looking at Stede with incredibly intelligent eyes, like it knows what’s happening here.
Unfortunately for the bird, Stede *also* knows what’s happening here.
“Oh, no you don’t!” he says, letting go of the grass so it engulfs the crane as he steps back. “I see what you’re trying to do! This is a Crane Wife situation, and I most certainly do not need another one of those.”