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@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ The skunk squirmed enough to get her tail off to the side and her face away from
She nodded. "It may yet be enough for Jonas, but even if not, I think that it will be enough for me. It is stupid and awkward, but-- no, do not stop," she interrupted herself, laughing, when ey pulled eir hand away. "Awkward, but not bad."
They fell into thought, then. Or at least ey did. Ey kept up the careful petting while trying to tease apart eir own feelings on the matter. It all felt too big, leaving em feeling in far over eir head. Even trying to define what True Name was now felt far above eir pay grade. Ey'd read up on plurality when she'd first mentioned it, and this felt similar in many ways, yet still inexact. The comparison was there to be made, and doubtless much that had gone in to incorporating plurality into one's life would prove useful to her, but the addition of the parallel nature of their existences apart, the singular lives they'd led concurrently, added a layer of complication.<!--this feels like an apology - better, but still...-->
They fell into thought, then. Or at least ey did. Ey kept up the careful petting while trying to tease apart eir own feelings on the matter. It all felt too big, leaving em feeling in far over eir head. Even trying to define what True Name was now felt far above eir pay grade. Ey'd read up on plurality when she'd first mentioned it, and this felt similar in many ways, yet still inexact. The comparison was there to be made, and doubtless much that had gone into incorporating plurality into one's life would prove useful to her, but the addition of the parallel nature of their existences apart, the singular lives they'd led concurrently, added a layer of complication.<!--this feels like an apology - better, but still...-->
Doubtless there was some way ey could just approach this simply, could just share uncomplicated time with friends. Something about the Odists just made that feel inaccessible, though. All of them were so complicated in such roundabout ways, and now True Name triply so.
@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ Ey smiled and ruffled a hand through the fur between her ears before petting it
"That would've made life so much easier."
"Why?" She said, smirking up towards em. "No shitty skunks getting you all worked up so that you yell at May?"
"Why?" she said, smirking up towards em. "No shitty skunks getting you all worked up so that you yell at May?"
"I didn't yell at her!" Ey shook eir head, laughing. "I just called her manipulative."
@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ May's response to the discussion of encroached boundaries, later that night when
"Wait, what?" ey asked.
"I have been placing bets with myself on how long it would take until it came up. Whichever part of me guessed "the minute I leave you two alone together" wins, I guess."
"I have been placing bets with myself on how long it would take until it came up. Whichever part of me guessed 'the minute I leave you two alone together' wins, I guess."
True Name stared coolly at her. "And here I was worried that you would blow up at me."
@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ True Name sighed. "Thank you, I do believe you, it is just...a heap of complex f
"That much I believe. I want to understand better, though. How are you doing?"
"If I say 'confused' one more time, I am going to lose my mind. I do not have a better word for it, though. I do not know how to feel about Ioan. I do not know how to feel about myself. I do not know how I feel about the touch . It was fine, I am sure, but I am starting to think that what is so jarring to me is that it was almost an automatic action."
"If I say 'confused' one more time, I am going to lose my mind. I do not have a better word for it, though. I do not know how to feel about Ioan. I do not know how to feel about myself. I do not know how I feel about the touch. It was fine, I am sure, but I am starting to think that what is so jarring to me is that it was almost an automatic action."
Ioan nodded. "It felt a bit incongruous because it's a hundred percent something you would've done, May, but not the same context."