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@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ She bowed quickly before holding her paws up in a disarming gesture. "Ioan, May
"I will leave you to it," May growled, pushing herself to her feet. Ey had only ever seen eir partner furious on a scant handful of occasions, but now ey could add one more to the list. Her teeth were bared, tail bristled out, and paws bunched up into fists. In the two decades since the research and publication of *On the Origin of Our World*, May's view of her down-tree instances had dropped precipitously, and all but one of those moments of fury had been triggered by her clade.
"May Then My Name, please," True Name said, crossing her paws before her and bowing once again. She sounded contrite, small. "I know that you do not hold me in high regard, but all the same, I would prefer if you stayed, as I am assuming that you have both received the news."
"May Then My Name, please," True Name said, clasping her paws before her and bowing once again. She sounded contrite, small. "I know that you do not hold me in high regard, but all the same, I would prefer if you stayed, as I am assuming that you have both received the news."
May frowned, crossed her arms, but did not move to leave.
@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Ioan and May looked to each other and laughed as well.
"I'm sorry, True Name," ey said. "I mean this in all compassion, but you sound like you're about to lose it."
The skunk giggled again, then rested her elbows on the table and buried her face in her paws, grinding the heels of her pads against her eyes before straightening the longer fur atop her head. "I am, yes, at least in a way. There are many threads happening at once and, as May Then My Name put it, I have painted myself into a corner."
The skunk giggled again, sounding even less grounded, then rested her elbows on the table and buried her face in her paws, grinding the heels of her pads against her eyes before straightening the longer fur atop her head. "I am, yes, at least in a way. There are many threads happening at once and, as May Then My Name put it, I have painted myself into a corner with this one."
"Make your pitch, then," May said, voice softer still.
@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ The skunk giggled again, then rested her elbows on the table and buried her face
"Sure," Ioan said.
May shrugged. "Sure. I may talk to A Finger Pointing and End Waking about it, but I think you will have the rest of the clade under control before I wind up speaking to them again. The only other that I would like to share this with, however, is Douglas."
May shrugged. "Sure. I may talk to A Finger Pointing and End Waking about it, but I think you will have the rest of the clade under control before I wind up speaking to them again. The only other that I would like to share this with is Douglas."
The skunk stiffened in her seat and sat silent for a moment. "May I be there when you do? I would like to impress upon him the gravity of the situation."
@ -196,4 +196,4 @@ May let go of her paws and then hugged her arms up around her cocladist's should
True Name leaned into the hug. Ey couldn't see her face from where ey sat, but ey could still hear the sharp intake of breath and see the shaking of her shoulders.
After a moment, May leaned back, rested her paws on True Name's shoulders, and said, "But do not ever, *ever,* come to my fucking house again."
After a moment, May leaned back, rested her paws on True Name's shoulders, and said, "But do not ever, *ever,* come to my house again."