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@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Tycho frowned, nodded. "We had guessed."
She did not move from her spot on the floor. "You have heard about what it means to get lost, but there is no possible way that I can explain the way it has warped us."
Silence and stillness fell once more as all waited for True Name to continue. After a few long breaths and coarse swallows, she mastered her form once more. She knelt beside Codrin, wiping at the tear streaks on her snout and at her nose.
Silence and stillness fell once more as all waited for True Name to continue. After a few long breaths and coarse swallows, she mastered her form once more. She knelt beside Codrin, wiping at the tear streaks on her muzzle and the dripping from her nose.
"We are incomplete. We are unwhole." Her voice was bitter, even as she worked to bring back that mask of competence. "We were broken and remain so. I do not know how it is that Answers Will Not Help was able to...to manage skew or quit. You have my most abject apologies for the trouble caused, and for the deception with--"
@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ The skunk wilted, her ears splaying to the sides. "Of course, leader Turun Ka."
"Are you amenable to increasing the skew in the unison room? This will allow you to take all the time you need."
She nodded. "Yes, that would be fine. It is uncomfortable, but I can sleep through the discomfort, if that is amenable."
She nodded. "Yes, that would be fine. It is uncomfortable, but I can sleep through the discomfort."
"*Ka*," it said. "We shall return here in half an hour. The other participants shall meet in the central courtyard."
"I will join shortly," Iska said. "I must contact a technician, first."
They did not wait, but seemed to disappear as they shifted up to a fast enough time to travel.
They did not wait, but seemed to disappear as they shifted up to a fast enough time to travel faster than ey could perceive.
Codrin nodded to the other emissaries. "Go ahead. I'll help True Name to her room, then join up with you in a bit."
@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Codrin nodded to the other emissaries. "Go ahead. I'll help True Name to her roo
As the others departed Codrin held out eir arm, letting the skunk grip it tightly as ey helped her to stand. They swayed together at the brief sensorium twinge as the unison room was skewed up by a factor of two.
The walk down the hall was a slow and unsteady affair, and Codrin couldn't help but see every one of True Name's two and a half centuries in the way she moved. She looked as she always had, was as strong as she'd ever been, and yet each one of those long ears seemed to be a weight she had to draw along behind her. She kept her grip on eir forearm throughout, however, as though the contact kept her anchored to one reality.
The walk down the hall was a slow and unsteady affair, and Codrin couldn't help but see every one of True Name's two and a half centuries in the way she moved. She looked as she always had, was as strong as she'd ever been, and yet each one of those long years seemed to be a weight she had to draw along behind her. She kept her grip on eir forearm throughout, however, as though the contact kept her anchored to one reality.
Ey guided her into her room and helped her to sit down on the edge of her bed, and even then, it took her a few long seconds to loosen her grip.