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@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ When the response finally came, he realized he'd only made it halfway around tha
Tycho left before his next footfall hit the ground.
Low clouds hung above the low house on the shortgrass prairie. He forced himself to walk, not run, up to the house, where he could already see a light turning on, vague shapes moving behind the glass. The soft chime that announced his arrival led to those two shapes, one human, one not, looking up, and before he even made it to the house's door, Codrin was already there, much as he remembered, though much more tired.
Low clouds hung above the low house on the shortgrass prairie. He forced himself to walk, not run, up to the house, where he could already see a light turning on, vague shapes moving behind the glass. The soft chime that announced his arrival led those two shapes, one human, one not, to look up up, and before he even made it to the house's door, Codrin was already there, much as he remembered, though much more tired.
"Tycho Brahe, yes?" ey asked. "Is everything okay?"
@ -58,10 +58,12 @@ It stepped forward, set the three mugs down on the table, each smelling of chamo
"I can vouch for it," Codrin said, reaching for eir mug but simply holding it in eir hands rather than sipping. "If we absolutely must step outside, you understand that, as it's my partner, I'll likely tell it about our conversation anyway, yes?"
After a pause, Tycho's shoulders slumped as he let out the pent up tension within them. "Alright, alright. Besides, it doesn't sound like there's much use in trying to hide anything from them."
After a pause, Tycho's shoulders slumped as he let out the tension pent up within them. "Alright, alright. Besides, it doesn't sound like there's much use in trying to hide anything from them."
Dear rolled its eyes, but sat at the table anyway. *"You could hide whatever you like from me, Dr. Brahe, I will not look. As you guess, though, the same is not true of other Odists."*
One of them, perhaps Codrin, willed a cone of silence into being.
"I read the *History*, Codrin," he said at last. "So I know you know what's on the Module."
Codrin froze, mug halfway lifted. Dear's ears stood erect, and all sleepiness fled from its features.
@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ There was a long moment of silence around the table as the words sank in.
Tycho stared down into the pale yellow tea. "Yes."
"Did you respond?" Ey frowned. "Is that even possible? I never thought to ask."
"Did you respond?" Ey furrowed eir brow quizzically. "Is that even possible? I never thought to ask."
The silence fell again, and he could feel the expressions of the other two deepen into frowns as he kept his eyes on his tea.