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@@ -160,15 +160,15 @@ A bit more than two hours after ey'd sent the message, a reply spooled itself ou
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 > I have spent the last hour in discussion with myself while writing this, and would like this reply kept in confidence.
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-> Years ago, when the Artemisians first arrived, May Then My Name mentioned a letter that I had sent her regarding you. Here is that letter in full:
+> Years ago, when the Artemisians first arrived, May Then My Name mentioned a letter that I had sent her regarding you. While sharing with you in particular is uncomfortable, you, of all people, deserve to have the chance to read it, and it may do well to explain where we have found ourselves. Here is that letter in full:
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 > > May Then My Name Die With Me,
 > >
-> > I hope that you are doing well. I understand that there remains some concern about the outcome of your previous relationship, and I would like you to know that I am not so far diverged from our common ancestor that I do not share in some of those feelings. I remember how often I would come crying into the Crown, leaning on this shoulder or that as I tried to deal with yet another break up. I know that I have not always been the kindest or most empathetic down-tree instance, for which I truly am sorry. You are, in many ways, a better version of me, and the completeness that you bring to our stanza ensures that, even if I am not a fully realized person, as you have suggested in the past, we - whether that is you and I, our stanza, or the Odists as a whole --- still do add up to something that is greater than the sum of its parts. You may not believe me, and for that I do not blame you, but I really do love you in my own way, May Then My Name.
+> > I hope that you are doing well. I understand that there remains some concern about the outcome of your previous relationship, and I would like you to know that I am not so far diverged from our common ancestor that I do not share in some of those feelings. I remember how often I would come crying into the Crown, leaning on this shoulder or that as I tried to deal with yet another break-up. I know that I have not always been the kindest or most empathetic down-tree instance, for which I truly am sorry. You are, in many ways, a better version of me, and the completeness that you bring to our stanza ensures that, even if I am not a fully realized person, as you have suggested in the past, we --- whether that is you and I, our stanza, or the Odists as a whole --- still do add up to something that is greater than the sum of its parts. You may not believe me, and for that I do not blame you, but I really do love you in my own way, May Then My Name.
 > > 
 > > I do not know if you have been keeping up with many other stanzas after Qoheleth passed, but it appears that Dear, Also, The Tree That Was Felled has welcomed a new member to its relationship structure, one Codrin Bălan. I am sure that you recognize the clade name from *On The Perils of Memory*. Codrin's down-tree instance, Ioan Bălan, was the amanuensis that Dear had chosen during that spate of trouble, and the series of events that followed led to a process of individuation. It is always exciting to see that happen, is it not?
 > > 
-> > The reason that I bring this up is that Ioan has picked up as eir next project an investigative piece surrounding the launch project. Given your role as sys-side launch director, I thought that I would put you two in touch. Eir project would benefit greatly from your position as well as your history, both with the project and with our combined history. I have had the chance to meet both Ioan and Codrin in the past, and they are some of the most delightful, insightful people that I have met. Please look them up on clade.id in the perisystem architecture when you get a chance.
+> > The reason that I bring this up is that Ioan has picked up as eir next project an investigative piece surrounding the launch project. Given your role as sys-side launch director, I thought that I would put you two in touch. Eir project would benefit greatly from your position as well as your history, both with the project and with our combined history. I have had the chance to meet both Ioan and Codrin in the past, and they are some of the most delightful, insightful people that I have met. Please look them up on the perisystem architecture when you get a chance.
 > > 
 > > All my best,
 > > 
@@ -216,4 +216,4 @@ Ey stared at her, nonplussed.
 
 "Oh God, Ioan, you do not know pain until you work with choir kids."
 
-Ey laughed and shook eir head, standing to go stir the stew by way of ruffling over her ears. "Skunks are so weird. I'll just have to trust you on that."
+Ey laughed and shook eir head, standing to go stir the stew by way of ruffling over her ears. "You're right, I don't. Skunks are so weird. I'll just have to trust you on that."