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sisterdivinium · 11 months

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Silence had always been her home — solitude.

Concentration shunned the noise of company and Jillian Salvius had long made secluded labs into sanctuaries.

Yet she found herself suddenly housing a nunnery — and suddenly she saw that presence was not all nuisance. Beatrice's step was light, Camila's voice low and Ava's laughter more song than hassle.

"If we can ever repay you..." Mother Superion said.

She was the greatest discovery, stern yet soothing: a partner whose every word was essential or unspoken instead.

Jillian smiled and shook her head.

She would not ask and risk ridicule — but they needed only stay.

#warrior nun drabble #jillian salvius #this is only vaguely shippy but it's there if you squint so i will tag it as #doctor superion #narratives and similar #my love affair with repeating sounds lives on but honestly the sibilance makes sense here (I DID IT AGAIN)#i mean we are talking about Suzanne (so mother Superion) and jillian SalviuS. also about Silence and Solitude... and Similarity and Solace #it's an echo you see? the S sounds are like a reference to them even when the text doesn't explicitly mention them. ssssss #but then the repeated /k/ comes in as an abrupt rupture of thought and of music #only to return to the final sss and to normality by the end #(i did not intend to present a phonetic analysis for you but it happened lol sorry)#(it was also not intentional. i only realised all this when copying the drabble from my notebook to the computer and thought i'd share)#(which goes to show you WHY we need analysis in the first place. authors can and do overlook the things they write into their work)

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