update from sparkleup

writing/post-self/toledot/index.md

@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ Nearing the 200th anniversary of System secession from humanity, the System and
     * [o] [Secession: phys-side; Yared](secession/phys/Yared/005) - discusses secession with True Name/Jonas despite the fact that he isn't supposed to, gets help drafting the post with suggested changes from Demma - 2852
     * [o] [Launch: launch-side: Codrin#Castor](launch/launch/Codrin-castor/004) - Distracted, interviews depressed astronomer who knows this is as close as he'll ever get, but studies all the same through text, learn more about Dreamer Module (phys-side idea that got past resistance sys-side, implied Jonas/True Name) - 3680
     * [o] [Launch: phys-side: Douglas](launch/phys/Douglas/006) - Talks with May about launch-era political machinations from phys-side - 2140
-    * [ ] [Secession: sys-side: True Name](secession/sys/True-Name/003) - Starts to think of phys/sys dichotomy in political terms, forks on the sly (only Jonas knows), so that forks can handle both, leaving her as figurehead who appears to know all
+    * [o] [Secession: sys-side: True Name](secession/sys/True-Name/003) - Starts to think of phys/sys dichotomy in political terms, forks on the sly (only Jonas knows), so that forks can handle both, leaving her as figurehead who appears to know all - 2765
-    * [ ] [Launch: launch-side: Codrin#Pollux](launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/004) - talks with Dear about secession and the mood before and after in general, but also w/in clade, Dear hints that Praiseworthy started shaping the history even before secession and the art of propaganda
+    * [o] [Launch: launch-side: Codrin#Pollux](launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/004) - talks with Dear about secession and the mood before and after in general, but also w/in clade, Dear hints that Praiseworthy started shaping the history even before secession and the art of propaganda - 2265
     * [ ] [Launch: sys-side: Ioan](launch/sys/Ioan/006) - Ioan and May share growing concerns from LV messages
     * [ ] [Secession: phys-side: Yared](secession/phys/Yared/006) - Demma is a bit grumpy that Yared talked to sys-side, but mostly pleased that they seem to be on board with it; presses Yared for more information, hints at distates for System; told to ignore latest update, team will get him a new one.
     * [ ] [Secession: sys-side: True Name](secession/sys/True-Name/004) - Meets with Praiseworthy to discuss propaganda angle, thus getting more on sys-side to support political acts. He suggests softening her features to be more approachable, cute, meek, etc.

writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/004.md

@@ -146,6 +146,26 @@ Dear urged em on with a little twirl of its spoon, looking pleased at the respon
 
 "A speech writer? Did she come up with the speeches that whichever one of you was on the Council at the time used?"
 
-*"You are thinking too narrowly, my dear. The Council had little need for speeches for itself, and, as a body created to guide but not govern, there were few enough speeches given outside of the council."*
+*"You are thinking too narrowly, my dear. The Council had little need for speeches for itself, and, as a body created to guide but not to govern, there were few enough speeches given outside of the council."*
 
 "Too narrow, hmm..." Ey frowned. "Was she...did she come up with propaganda?"
+
+Dear laughed, reached a finger into the shake glass to swipe up a little bit of sticky vanilla, and dabbed it on Codrin's nose. *"Well reasoned. Praiseworthy was the propagandist among the first lines."*
+
+Codrin rubbed at eir nose to get the melted ice cream off before it settled into a sticky mess. "What exactly goes into being a propagandist, when the role of the Council was to guide but not to govern?"
+
+Without falling, the fox's happy expression somehow became a fraction less earnest, just that much less directed.
+
+Before it could respond, ey held up a hand. "It's okay, Dear. One of the Balans will figure it out."
+
+*"Thank you, Codrin."*
+
+Ey reached out to pat at the back of the fox's paw. "I hardly want you to resent me, if that's the result of me pressing you on this."
+
+*"You are a ways off from making me resent you, my dear."*
+
+Codrin nodded, watching Dear's gaze slip away, scanning the street outside the diner, quiet in the late evening. Ey could not quite figure out the emotion on display. Its ears were tilted back, but it did not look angry, nor particularly sad. Pensive, perhaps?
+
+"Dear?" its partner asked.
+
+*"No, you are a ways off from me resenting you, but you are perilously close to me lying to you."*