update from sparkleup

writing/post-self/toledot/launch/sys/Ioan/011.md

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-# Ioan Balan --- 2325
+# Ioan Balan --- 2326
 
 "We're nearing the point of this project where we're considering pulling together all of our notes. We have quite a bit already, certainly enough for an overview, and if we decide to do a second volume as a deeper dive, we can consider that later." Ioan smiled to the skunk across the table from em, one ey had so many reasons to fear. "So this interview is mostly meant to wrap everything up, fill in a few gaps here and there. Does that sound alright?"
 

writing/post-self/toledot/launch/sys/Ioan/012.md

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-# Ioan Balan --- 2325
+# Ioan Balan --- 2326
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+Ioan was still sitting at the table, ruminating, when May returned from her errand. Something that she saw in eir face made her frown, and when she walked, she almost slunk, as though to keep from waking em up, or as though she was bearing some unknowable guilt. When she sat on the stool that True Name had been using, she looked small, closed in on herself. Not just smaller than True Name, though she was also that, but smaller than usual.
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+She did not speak.
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+Finally, Ioan capped eir pen, set it atop eir notes, and pushed them off to the side of the table. Ey folded eir arms on the tabletop and rested eir forehead on them. "I'm tired, May."
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+The skunk still did not speak. Did not even move, to the point where Ioan questioned whether she was holding her breath.
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+Ey lifted eir head again, saying. "I'm tired and