From 8d7730498e4077e0079ade00266c5c70acd52845 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Madison Scott-Clary Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 20:00:06 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update from sparkleup --- writing/post-self/mitzvot/018.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-- writing/post-self/mitzvot/index.md | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/writing/post-self/mitzvot/018.md b/writing/post-self/mitzvot/018.md index 9cede3be..d5f16d24 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/mitzvot/018.md +++ b/writing/post-self/mitzvot/018.md @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Ioan and May laughed. Ioan listened, entranced. The cadence of her speech had changed slightly. It still had that well-spoken and dramatic air to it, still held the lack of contractions and all the doublings-back and anaphora that seemed to come with being an Odist, but it was also more austere than it had been. Less purely functional and more cerebral, perhaps? -"I remember the first time I went a year without seeing anyone, then the first time I went five years without seeing anyone. That was terrifying, did you know? I was sure that I was losing my grip on reality. I decided to make sure that I talked to someone at least once every six months after that to keep myself grounded. Even more recently, I remember when the Artemisians arrived and you two brought your play over, and being utterly delighted at all of the subtle ways you found to insult each other." +"I remember the first time I went a year without seeing anyone, then the first time I went five years without seeing anyone. That was terrifying, did you know? I was sure that I was losing my grip on reality. I decided to make sure that I talked to someone at least once every six months after that to keep myself grounded. I remember when the Artemisians arrived and you two brought your play over, and being utterly delighted at all of the subtle ways you found to insult each other." May grinned and elbowed em in the side. "That one was Ioan's fault." @@ -74,4 +74,26 @@ True Name smiled and nodded. "You should be pleased with it, my dear. Oh, and I "Was the merge a net-positive thing?" -She laughed. "I cannot know that, Ioan. I suspect there is no net value, or indeed any value, to be placed on simply having those memories. It will make my life harder or it will not, but I do not think it will make it better or worse. I will be what I am to become." +She laughed. "I cannot possibly know that, Ioan. I suspect there is no net value, or indeed any value, to be placed on simply having those memories. It will make my life harder or it will not, but I do not think it will make it better or worse. I will be what I am to become." + +Ey nodded. + +"But, May Then My Name?" + +The skunk nervously at her cocladist, as though worried of some reprisal. "Yes?" + +"Thank you for thinking of me." + +May only nodded, swallowing back tears. + +"I remember a few days ago, too. I remember when you came to the forest, remember watching, awkwardly, while you cried on Debarre's shoulder after I told you about...well, after we spoke. I remember hearing about all of your hatred over the years, about the resentment that you still have for me. I remember all of it." + +There was no more holding back the tears, at that, though she did her best to cry silently. + +True Name smiled more kindly than she had yet that night. "But you still thought of me. "I do not want her to die," you said. You said that you do not know why you still care about me, and you said so to your cocladist perhaps not yet knowing that I would have that memory as well. Thank you for thinking of me." + +May tucked closer against Ioan's side and buried her face in eir shirt, making a rude gesture at her down-tree instance before hugging her arms around eir waist. + +"I think that mean 'no problem'," ey said. "But I don't speak skunk all that-- ow! She bit me!" + +The other skunk laughed. "It is no less than you deserve, I am sure. But come, once you are able to, let us walk to the rock at the end of the lake. I want to see the stars before we head back." diff --git a/writing/post-self/mitzvot/index.md b/writing/post-self/mitzvot/index.md index 1808acdf..afa24ca1 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/mitzvot/index.md +++ b/writing/post-self/mitzvot/index.md @@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ Wherein True Name and May reconcile, and we deal with the problem of the ownersh * [o] [Retreat: merge](017) --- May talks about EW merging down, then he does * [.] Apprehension --- EW merges down and TN has to deal; Ioan and May have to consider ramifications * [.] CHAPTER Ioan 2350 - * [ ] [Retreat: perspective](018) --- TN recovering, trying to reconcile her calling vs penance - * [ ] [Retreat: memories]() --- After talking with TN about her memories from EW about Debarre, Ioan starts to feel icky about TN having May's memory of their relationship + * [o] [Retreat: perspective](018) --- TN recovering, trying to reconcile her calling vs penance + * [ ] [Retreat: memories](019) --- After talking with TN about her memories from EW about Debarre, Ioan starts to feel icky about TN having May's memory of their relationship * [ ] [TN Choose Fear]() --- TN says she can't deal, pulls back from both May and Ioan, stays at Arrowhead lake with new camping knowledge (We learn about TN's relationship) * [ ] [May Choose Fear]() --- May overflows (just a few days), claims the home * [ ] CHAPTER Debarre 2350