update from sparkleup

writing/post-self/mitzvot/033.md

@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ Ey didn't doubt that the two skunks also would appreciate some time out of the h
 
 "Still, it's become personally meaningful to us over the years, and we're finding ourselves missing it. I don't know if we necessarily need a copy of it, but would it be possible for you to come take a look at it and see about what all would go into creating something similar? Would be a modification of my home sim. There's no rush, and if nothing else, it'd be good to say hi sometime. Talk soon."
 
-Further reading was largely a failure. Ey couldn't get back into any of the books ey'd started, and a certain listlessness tamped down any desire to head back to the shelves to hunt more. Ey left them on a page's cart, an act that almost certainly just reshelved them, and hunted down coffee.
+Further reading was largely a failure. Ey couldn't get back into any of the books ey'd started, and a certain listlessness tamped down any desire to head back to the shelves to hunt more. Ey left them on a page's cart, an act that almost certainly just reshelved them, and hunted down tea.
 
-Serene sent a gentle sensorium ping just as ey picked up eir coffee.
+Serene sent a gentle sensorium ping just as ey picked up eir tea.
 
 Ey quickly stepped into another courtyard --- this one full of actual greenery, hot and humid --- in order to reply. "Hi, Serene. Thanks for getting back to me."
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Ey shook eir head. "You guys seriously have your hands in everything, don't you?
 
 "Will do, my dear. Say hi for me."
 
-And with that, the message ended. Ey straightened up, went to rub at eir face, realized ey was still holding the cup of coffee from the library, and turned the motion into taking a sip.
+And with that, the message ended. Ey straightened up, went to rub at eir face, realized ey was still holding the cup of tea from the library, and turned the motion into taking a sip.
 
 Ey dropped the cone of silence and let out a shout. The ACLs had blurred the area outside the cone enough that the sight of two skunks standing just outside its edge, staring intently at em and whispering to each other caught em off guard.
 
@@ -174,7 +174,53 @@ She laughed and squirmed around until she was laying on her front, tail draped o
 
 A motion from the couch drew eir ey. True Name slumping over onto her side and stretching out. "So many names," she said, voice distant. "I have not seen Debarre in centuries, and yet I saw him just a few months ago. I have not met Douglas and yet I know him well."
 
-"Do you want to get out and visit them at some point?" ey asked, brushing fingers through May's tail.
+"You will see them one day, my dear," May said. "I do not know when, but I do not doubt you will."
+
+"Not today, not yet," True Name mumbled. The skunk shook her head, then smiled over to May and Ioan. "But *you* should, May. Go make fun of End Waking for his cooking. Go sit too close to Debarre and make flirty expressions at him until he squirms."
+
+May laughed. "I do not know if End Waking has welcomed Debarre back, or I would get to do both at once.
+
+"Of course. Go visit the field and Douglas. Do not lose your mind when you have options yet. I will have the plain. I will have the deck. I will have planning to do."
+
+May looked to Ioan, who said, "I'm with True Name on this. Go on, get out of here."
+
+"Will you not come with?"
+
+Ey shrugged. "Maybe, I don't know. That's not what we're discussing, though."
+
+"Pushing me out the door, now?" She smirked.
+
+"No, of course not," ey said, ruffling a hand over her ears. "Just making sure you get what you need, too."
+
+"I am," True Name said, still stretched out on the couch. "I have been you, I have a guess as to how you might be feeling."
+
+"I would call this mean if you were not both right," May said, waving a paw dismissively. "Give me a moment, then."
+
+When the skunk went silent, True Name looked to Ioan, who shrugged.
+
+"Alright," May said. "Would you like to do dinner with Debarre, Ioan?"
+
+"Wait, tonight?"
+
+"He is free, so why not?"
+
+Ey furrowed eir brow. "I was expecting in a few days or so. Maybe, I guess?"
+
+"You do not have to, Ioan," she chided. "I know you enjoy alone time as much as anyone."
+
+"Well, ask me before you head out, then, maybe I'll get some work done in the interim."
+
+She leaned up to dot her nose against eir cheek a few times, laughing. "I was going to head out now, my dear. Just stay. Do your work. Enjoy a bit of solitude."
+
+"Alright, alright."
+
+She stood up and stretched, padding over to brush some of True Name's head-fur into order. "And you enjoy your time outdoors. Or melting on the couch, or whatever."
+
+"Mm. Do enjoy yourself, my dear."
+
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+
+"Do you want to get out and visit them at some point?" ey asked.
 
 There was a long silence, the skunk's features drawn in in thought. "I am of three minds, my dear. A third of me would like more solitude than I already have, a third of me is filled with touch-hunger and would like to surround myself with all these people."