After Michael’s feedback prompted me to read Lynn's Lingering Night, I just had to checkout your companion piece.

Brilliant storytelling Queen of the Capes! notworthy

In this AU future, were you implying that the world Lex ruled (in Lynn's story) was still a faraway part of Jake & Pop's world? Intriguing possibilities.........

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The boy's new bride smiled nervously. She was a nice enough girl, as far as outsiders went, though she was still unused to their traditions.

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He was never sure how much of the old myth was true; maybe it was only a “just so” story to explain why odd giftings tended to pop up in their bloodline, and why they lived so far apart from other people.

Thanks for sharing this fascinating tale. It is outstanding.