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The results of the uterine ultrasound were all good. I still hate the requirement for a full bladder for the first part and an empty bladder for the second. I always forget my intention to adapt the timing and amount of water to better fit the way that my body actually works.

I did a bit of Ingress before and after my appointment and then got lunch at Totoro. I paid for my lunch one minute after the best bus home left downtown, so I took my time walking to the transit center (that bus leaves once every half hour).

It was chilly enough when I left home that I really wanted gloves, but I was glad to be wearing short sleeves and capris because everything but my fingers felt either good or overheated.

There are still some clunky bits in the story I finished two days ago. I did some editing/polishing yesterday, and I'll probably keep sitting on it for two or three days more to see if I spot more things that I should change.

I've written 8K words of commentary on the characters in Not Ready to Swallow Oblivion. I posted it on my writing DW and linked it from the series page on AO3. It doesn't feel like the sort of thing that should go on AO3. Most of my writing DW is access locked, but I have a few things like this already.

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Title: Clearing the Soil of Stones
Fandom: Sky High (2005)
Rating: M (mostly for the backstory and implications)
Length: 3609
Characters/Pairings: Magenta, Warren, background Ethan/Magenta/Warren/Layla/Zach and Ethan/Magenta/Layla/Zach
Tags: Implied/referenced rape/non-con, Implied/referenced non-consensual drug use and torture, Unreliable narrator, Alternate Universe - Dark, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Baby, Threats, Emotional blackmail

Notes: Part 9 of Not Ready to Swallow Oblivion. Set roughly 13 years after Homecoming and one year after "You Cannot Fold a Flood."

No explicit sex or violence in this one, but everything before it in the series is referenced.

Summary: Sometimes, Layla gave Warren his powers back and sent him off with one or both of the guys. Sometimes, Layla gave Warren his powers back and left him to reinforce Magenta in case anyone attacked.

Warren kept his head down and tried very hard to give all four of them exactly what they wanted.

He thought Layla was starting to accept that he really wanted to stay.

He thought Ethan still worried about Warren changing his mind. If Ethan ever decided that Warren was a threat--

Warren wasn’t actually sure what would happen except that it would be very, very bad and that none of the others-- except possibly Magenta-- would ever know that Ethan had done it. Warren also wasn’t sure if Ethan realized that Warren saw the danger.

Clearing the Soil of Stones on AO3.