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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Ioan and May both snorted, then worked to finish their bites so that they could
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"Sorry, True Name," Ioan said. "I don't know if you had a lot planned, but I'm glad you at least made it through."
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"It is okay to laugh. There is little else to do in the face of it." The skunk smiled weakly. "I am sorry that you two have been dragged into it along with me."
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"It is okay to laugh. There is little else to do in the face of it." She smiled weakly. "I am sorry that you two have been dragged into it along with me."
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"It's alright."
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@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ May's voice was steeped in sarcasm as she spoke. "Find out any juicy details?"
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Her cocladist held up her paws. "There is no excusing my actions. I know that there is little that I can do to earn your trust, May Then My Name, and at this point, even I suspect that I do not deserve it. There were few details of note enough to report back to me. We knew of your career changes. We knew of your...your feelings towards me. We...well, they learned about the Artemisians early on when you got your letter from Castor, though in the last decade, the reports that I have received have decreased in number, which I attributed to a lack of interesting goings on. That they did not report on the letter is a red flag I should have paid attention to sooner."
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Ey shot May a questioning glance, but she shook her head. *Perhaps she really doesn't know about the Name,* ey thought.
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Ey shot May a questioning glance, but she shook her head. *Perhaps she really doesn't know about Codrin and the Name,* ey thought.
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"And why did you not?" May asked instead.
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@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ Out loud, ey asked, "So, what's next? We head back tomorrow and build you a room
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"What is next is that I try to salvage what I can from this. I imagine that my options will be severely limited if I am to continue existing as I am and still meet Jonas's demands, but that does not mean that I will set my goals aside."
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"'Continue as you are'?" May growled. "I cannot believe...well."
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"'Continue as you are'?" May growled. "I cannot believe-- "
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There was a moment of tense silence, eir partner's jaw working as though straining to hold back some larger outburst.
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There was a moment of tense silence, her jaw working as though straining to hold back some larger outburst.
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Once she'd mastered it, she said in a tightly controlled voice, "I am going to stretch my legs."
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@ -126,6 +126,6 @@ Eventually, she stood from her log and bowed to em. "I am sorry, my dear. I did
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"Well put," she said. "I am going to try and sleep. Which one is mine?"
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Ey gestured her toward the tent with one cot in it and watched her slip inside, then sat and waited for May to come back, staring at the fire and trying not to feel bad enough for the three of them.
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Ey pointed her toward the tent with one cot in it and watched her slip inside, then sat and waited for May to come back, staring at the fire and trying not to feel bad enough for the three of them.
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