#kate conolly

[valleys-lily]

I say, "I will not be your weakness, Sean Kendrick."

Now he looks at me. He says, very softly, "It's late for that, Puck."

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"The ocean knows your name, Sean Kendrick. Make another wish."

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"It is the first day of November and so, today, someone will die."

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"Does anyone ask you why you stay, Sean Kendrick?"

"They do."

"And why do you?"

"The sky and the sand and the sea and Corr."

[valleys-lily]

"Shhhhh, shhhhh, says the sea,

but I don't believe her."

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Corr is like a bird in a gale. We're moving and all directions feel possible.

I don't know what I am right now, but it's not afraid.

Each stride feels like it takes us a mile. We'll run out of island before he runs out of speed.

We're giants, on his back. We are flying.

[valleys-lily]

Some of my annotations from The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (drawn on transparent sticky notes because I could never write directly into a book)

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Appreciation post for our favorite introvert Sean "company might not be terrible" Kendrick