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Pearl herself was named for the thing she dove for: not gems, but hot pearls . Fever-warm orbs that grew inside the ribcages of drowned leviathans. One pearl could power a district for a year. Three could buy a face-change.

Pearl looked at the pearl in her hand— Regret —and then at her sister’s empty, beautiful face. Mommy4K - Moon Flower- Hot Pearl - If You Join-...

Pearl spat the pearl into her palm. It was opalescent, streaked with black veins. “This one has a name.” Pearl herself was named for the thing she

“I’ll join,” she said.