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@ -21,21 +21,21 @@ Silence fell on the group again.
Ioan waited for one of those ebbs in the rhythm of the silence before clearing eir throat. "Perhaps it's too soon, but may I ask after everyone's well being? Their thoughts on the matter?"
Serene shook her head.
Serene simply shook her head.
Praiseworthy shrugged. "I'm not surprised, really. Not happy, but not surprised."
Praiseworthy shrugged, though her gestures and expressions took additional work to decode. She was another animal, though of some form different from Dear and Serene. Black fur, white stripes retreating up along her snout and over her head. Thick tail that looked delightfully soft. Many of the clade matched her more closely than they did Dear. "I'm not surprised, really. Not happy, but not surprised."
Ioan turned to Dear. "You alright?"
It was a moment in responding before it nodded. *"I'm with Praiseworthy. I'm not surprised, but not happy. Kind of pissed, actually,"* it said, smiling sardonically. *"That was short-sighted of them, though, because I have a hunch that Qoheleth was right."*
"'Right'?"
""Right"?"
*"About the need to age, to die. About forgetting."*
"Does this have anything to do with you trying to forget The Name?"
Dear shot a grin at its partner. *"You two get along, I see. Yes, it does. I think I did it, too, unless there's some association I missed. Can't remember it for the life of me."*
Dear shot a glance at its partner, laughed. *"You two get along, I see. Yes, it does. I think I did it, too, unless there's some association I missed. Can't remember it for the life of me."*
"You'll have to tell me how you did that, Dear." Serene laughed.
@ -53,7 +53,13 @@ Ioan nodded.
"What about exos?"
*"Exocortices are a fix, but an iffy one. You're still stuck with the knowledge that they exist and their inventory. That's why I can't forget __that__ the Name exists. I can't forget my origins or that there's an exo containing them. One which I can't forget. Not unless I go through the whole shitty process again --- sorry, Serene, it wasn't pleasant. I could get that bit of knowledge, but then what? I'll have the knowledge that I have an exo that I can't access pointing to something of dire importance."*
*"Exocortices are a fix, but an iffy one. Do you know why we have them?"*
Ioan and Dears partner shook their heads, while both Serene and Praiseworthy frowned.
*"The origin of the system
You're still stuck with the knowledge that they exist and their inventory. That's why I can't forget **that** the Name exists. I can't forget my origins or that there's an exo containing them. One which I can't forget. Not unless I go through the whole shitty process again --- sorry, Serene, it wasn't pleasant. I could get that bit of knowledge, but then what? I'll have the knowledge that I have an exo that I can't access pointing to something of dire importance."*
Ioan shifted, leaning forward to rest eir elbows on eir knees, eir chin in eir hand. Ey sipped eir coffee as ey thought.