TotalEclipseoftheSun

It was many, too many long years ago, In a soldiers academy, That an angel there lived who none but I know, By the name of Blake Irvine; And this godsend he lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and he was a child In the soldiers' academy: But we loved with a love that was more than love- I and my Blake Irvine; With a love that the winged gods of Atlantis Coveted him and me. And this may be the reason that, long ago, That a fair-faced fiend blew out of the north, thrilling My beautiful Blake Irvine; So that his good heart was captivated, And stole him away from me, And left us both bereft

Deciding to sleep on it, even though it was about noon, Marron skulked home. Actually, he was never sure where he lived nowadays, but for the last few weeks he'd been sleeping in his parents' house but usually eating at Éclair's (who was starting to refer to herself as Danub at odd intervals, to her brother's distress, something he found ominously comforting) and spending most auxiliary time at Carrot and Tira's place. Having decided on his childhood home (ominously uncomforting of late), he returned to find the place in a general uproar. Two years before, this would have been perfectly normal, but he'd gotten out of the habit of being run o