update from sparkleup

writing/post-self/mitzvot/004.md

@@ -192,4 +192,24 @@ A bit more than two hours after ey'd sent the message, a reply spooled itself ou
 >
 > The Only Time I Know My True Name Is When I Dream of the Ode clade
 >
-> systime 
+> systime 225+359
+>
+> **END IOAN BĂLAN INDIVIDUAL-EYES-ONLY MATERIAL**
+
+Ey read the letter through two or three times, trying to digest all that it contained, trying once again not to read too deep and guess that True Name#Castor simply hadn't told her about Codrin learning the Name.
+
+Finally, acknowledging that ey wouldn't be able to digest it all in one go, ey dashed off a quick reply thanking True Name for the letter and confirming the time of the next meeting. Then, ey committed the letter to a new exo ey tagged "True Name--May 225" and destroyed the physical copy.
+
+"May?" ey said, dropping eir cone of silence.
+
+"Mm?"
+
+"I was confirming a date with True Name and she said I should ask you about something called 'Jingle Bells stage blocking'. Do you know--"
+
+The skunk let out a melodramatic groan and slid off her stool to the floor, landing on her hands and knees, laughing. "What a fucking brat."
+
+Ey stared at her, nonplussed.
+
+"Oh God, Ioan, you do not know pain until you work with choir kids."
+
+Ey laughed and shook eir head, standing to go stir the stew by way of ruffling over her ears. "Skunks are so weird. I'll just have to trust you on that."