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Now, when we left off yesterday, Istvan and Clara had arrived at Moorstone, the city in which her sisters are rumored to be held captive, and they've enlisted the help of the Temple of the White Rat, the fixers in this universe.

They also can't stop thinking about that kiss forever ago, and they're a little distracted with all these pants feelings, and they respect each other so much, and yet they're both

convinced the other could never be into them in a meaningful way.

But thankfully, we've got a mystery to solve and some nuns to save,

so I'm hoping they figure it all out along the way.

Let's jump in.

Love it out of it. So it's decided that the white rat is going to take over finding intel on bear women.

And they are going to do some, you know, do some drunken questioning about smooth men.

Well, because they hear some rumors about, like, they've heard some rumors about the beast of Lee word.

And so she realizes sitting there watching him holding this toe talking to Ethan, that ultimately, even if he's interested in her, which

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