From 464d1ea8a1e040a570f7e7051b51af75fb59a4a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Madison Scott-Clary Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:25:05 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update from sparkleup --- .../toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/003.md | 2 +- .../toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/004.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/003.md b/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/003.md index 80e8f2c5..f241844e 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/003.md +++ b/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/003.md @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Ezekiel must be the prophet, and surely Michelle was the broken one. Ey didn't k "Guide towards Secession?" -"Not at first. At first, we were to be one people in two forms: those who had life entire on the earth that God set before them, and those who lived beyond death. Those who lived on earth saw the idolatry in the System and with the help of True Name and the Jonas, built up a religion of separation, that we be two people in two forms." +"Not at first. At first, we were to be one people in two forms: those who had life entire on the earth that God set before them, and those who lived beyond death. Those who lived on earth saw the idolatry in the System and with the help of True Name and the Jonah, built up a religion of separation, that we be two people in two forms." "True Name?" diff --git a/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/004.md b/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/004.md index 3313bf6b..a650cbb7 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/004.md +++ b/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/004.md @@ -89,3 +89,21 @@ Codrin stifled a yawn from the ear-popping sensation that always came with the s "Find the rest on my own, yes." The fox gave a hint of a bow. *"Thank you in indulging me in this, Codrin. I cannot be the one to share everything."* + +"So what was it like before Secession Day?" + +*"I do not think that the hoi polloi thought about it all that much. They were concerned about the prospect of others deciding that they did not have rights, to be sure, but it was all very abstract. Even from the point of view of the Council, we could not quite understand what a lack of rights would look like.* + +*"I think that is why secession seemed to come so naturally to us. It took far more effort for those phys-side to comprehend what secession would look like than it did for us. From our point of view, we were separate from the rest of the world, such as it was, in a way that already seemed to preclude citizenship to any other political entity."* + +"And you --- Michelle, that is --- were still on the council at that point?" + +*"That is a complicated question."* It poked at the last bit of shake with its spoon. *"We shall say yes. Elements of the clade were still on the council at that point. This sim is where we celebrated Secession. One of the Odists, Debarre, Zeke, user11824, the Russians, Jonas--"* + +"Jonas?" + +Dear tilted its head inquisitively. + +"Ezekiel talked about a Jonah. Is that someone else." + +*"Oh, yes. Jonah is a name that fits his current mode better, I suppose.