From 8bf2a7a6f6697cd5668edd39f5c108e52613fda2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Madison Scott-Clary Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:05:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update from sparkleup --- .../launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/004.md | 28 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/004.md b/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/004.md index 1a78aff9..ae344beb 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/004.md +++ b/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/004.md @@ -60,4 +60,32 @@ Dear's partner shrugged. "We just need to get one of those loose clamps for hold *"If you threaten me with a good time, you will win precisely the prize that you deserve."* +Codrin laughed. "You're right. We deserve peace and quiet, sometimes." +Ey received a fry to the face from the fox, which ey dunked into the shake. "What is this place, anyway?" + +*"It is the restaurant that--"* It hesitated for a beat, during which the noise around them dimmed as a cone of silence fell. *"It is the restaurant at which part of the clade celebrated Secession Day."* + +Codrin stifled a yawn from the ear-popping sensation that always came with the silence. "You weren't there?" + +*"I had not yet been forked, no. I remember it through the eyes of...another."* + +"Another? No, wait. I'll have to find that out on my own, won't I?" + +*"Of course, my dear."* + +"What was it like back then?" ey asked. + +*"Mx Codrin Balan, are you working?"* + +"Not particularly," ey said. "I really am just curious." + +*"Well, you will still need to be more specific. 'Back then' covers a large swath of time."* + +"How about a year to either side?" its partner suggested. + +*"That still encompasses a good amount of goings on. I will tell you some of them, but you will have to--"* + +"Find the rest on my own, yes." + +The fox gave a hint of a bow. *"Thank you in indulging me in this, Codrin. I cannot be the one to share everything."*