Magpies Continued: An explanation
I'd always considered this story complete at 7, as it finished where Ulquiorra's story finished. However, recently I've been revisiting old ships and, it turns out, I'm just not ready to let go. I've found a few different versions of the rhyme over the years, some that go as far as 13. Whether or not I go that far remains to be seen, as does which version(s) I choose to use, but for now, I'm not done with these two. Some will be short (like, really short), but hopefully there are still people out there who want to read about these two, and hopefully, those who liked the original aren't too disappointed by the continuation.