FFM 2023 12: The Road to Freedom – Take II

At daybreak, Bereth took in the group he was being held by: four mages, all except one more battered and withered than him. Only one was fluent in a language he understood, but, fortunately, they all shared a language with at least one other member, so they would be able to communicate rather effectively.

FFM 2023 11: The Last Dessert

You pretend you're watching the bonfire, keeping guard so that it doesn't get out of control. The adults all around you call you responsible and "such a good son". You ignore the bullshit about how you would make "a good husband for any girl" and "a good father for any son". You only smile when you are called respectable "just like your father".