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"Hey," they said at last, once the line of questions had died down. "What do you say about inviting Vos and Pierre over? Maybe they'd like to meet me."
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"Hey," they said at last, once the line of questions had died down. "What do you say about inviting Vos and Pierre over? Maybe they'd like to meet me."
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I winced. I'd been dreading this moment. I'd intentionally not brought up the subject of Marsh's partners, lest that dissuade my cocladists. Admonitions rang in my ears, Hanne's and Dry Grass's. *I'm a bit wary you won't get what you want,* Hanne had said. *The potential for pain,* Dry Grass had said.
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I winced. I'd been dreading this moment. I'd intentionally not brought up the subject of Marsh's partners, lest that dissuade my cocladists. Admonitions rang in my ears, Hanne's and Dry Grass's. *I'm a bit wary you won't get what you want,* Hanne had said. *The potential for pain,* Dry Grass had said. New Marsh had these memories, now, too, but I had no way of knowing just how close they were to the surface, whether they were even at the forefront of their mind.
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There was a long silence that followed as we all seemed to digest the ramifications of this.
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There was a long silence that followed as we all seemed to digest the ramifications of this.
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"Yeah, I guess," Sedge said warily. "I don't know how it'll go, but yeah."
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"Yeah, I guess," Sedge said warily. "I don't know how it'll go, but yeah."
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A few minutes later, we sat staggered on the stairs before the front door, New Marsh sitting up front, waiting. A knock, hesitant, sounded, and Cress called out from beside Tule, "Come in."
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A few minutes later, we sat staggered on the stairs before the front door, New Marsh sitting up front, waiting. A knock, hesitant, sounded, and Cress called out from beside Tule, "Come in."
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"One of the changes made in the System during the downtime was to enable cross-tree merging. It hasn't been announced yet, but Sedge and I were at the meetings, so we, uh..."
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"One of the changes made in the System during the downtime was to enable cross-tree merging. It hasn't been announced yet, but Sedge and I were at the meetings, so we, uh..."
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"I'm all of us," New Marsh said, voice strained from the force of Pierre's hug. "I'm their entire clade. I'm as much of them as I could manage."
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"I'm all of us," New Marsh said, voice strained from the force of Pierre's hug. "I'm the entire clade. I'm as much of us as I could manage."
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Pierre quickly unwound his arms from them, staggering backwards with such hurriedness that he nearly tripped were it not for Vos, there to catch him. "What the fuck..."
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Pierre quickly unwound his arms from them, staggering backwards with such hurriedness that he nearly tripped were it not for Vos, there to catch him. "What the fuck..."
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