al-Hainyan

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Language: English

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Publisher: archiveofourown.org

Published: Aug 18, 2024

Words: 34948
Grade: 8
Pages: 162
Readability: 72.04

Description:

“Now look,” Kaveh continues before Cyno or Nahida can explain any further, “I’m not saying that you’re jumping to conclusions. But this is what you said the last time—with the bird. The hawk.”

“Eagle,” Cyno corrects.

“The bird. This is what you said with the bird. And then, later on, this is also what you said with the fish. And the rabbit. And the hamster.” Upon reflection, most of the times that Kaveh has been called up here was because of these false alarms. Typical. Stereotypical, even. “And you were wrong every time. It was never actually him. And I recall telling you this every time before, as well. If we look towards the existing pattern of cases where Al-Haitham is believed to have been transformed into some creature, it’s never been true, and I’ve always been right about it being patently false. So why are you even entertaining the notion now?”