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@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Jonas nodded. "Yes. Oligarchy on Pollux, *status quo* on Castor, and invisible m
True Name made that setting-aside gesture, as though tabling the topic for the moment. "And you," she said, nodding to Zacharias. Her expression was calm, curious, interested. "You have been working on this with Jonas since around systime 36?" True Name made that setting-aside gesture, as though tabling the topic for the moment. "And you," she said, nodding to Zacharias. Her expression was calm, curious, interested. "You have been working on this with Jonas since around systime 36?"
"Oh, thereabouts," he said, grinning. "Though if I am honest, I have always been working with the two of you. It is not that your own goals had no effect on me, my little stink-bug. I played Jonas as much as I played you, and I played my own game when I could." "Oh, thereabouts," he said, grinning. "Though if I am honest, I have always been working with the two of you. It is not that your own goals had no effect on me, my little stink bug. I played Jonas as much as I played you, and I played my own game when I could."
"Bullshit," True Name said calmly, turning back to Jonas. "And so what is it that--" "Bullshit," True Name said calmly, turning back to Jonas. "And so what is it that--"
@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ When ey was finally able to tear eir eyes away, ey saw that every Odist in the r
There was a vanishingly faint hint of rehearsal to the words, well masked to anyone who didn't know her as intimately as ey did. Ey realized this must be their plan. Hers and True Name's and End Waking's, the one they'd been working on for days. There was a vanishingly faint hint of rehearsal to the words, well masked to anyone who didn't know her as intimately as ey did. Ey realized this must be their plan. Hers and True Name's and End Waking's, the one they'd been working on for days.
"There has to be," When I Do Not Remember said, and a brief tense from May confirmed that the trap had been sprung. "There...there has to be," When I Do Not Remember said, and a brief tense from May confirmed that the trap had been sprung.
While he lacked the context for whatever had surprised her cocladists, even Jonas sounded impressed by the display. "I won't let you leave as True Name. Stability, remember? That name means too much here." While he lacked the context for whatever had surprised her cocladists, even Jonas sounded impressed by the display. "I won't let you leave as True Name. Stability, remember? That name means too much here."
@ -298,17 +298,17 @@ All of the rest of the Odists, however, were shouting. None of them looked pleas
"As do I," End Waking said, getting a smile from Sasha. "As do I," End Waking said, getting a smile from Sasha.
"*That* name is unacceptable!" When I Dream hollered. "No. You will pick something else." "*That* name is unacceptable!" When I Do Not Dream hollered. "No. You will pick something else."
"No, I will not." "No, I will not."
"Shut the fuck up, When I Dream," Jonas shouted. "All of you, shut the fuck up." He turned to Sasha and grinned icily, eyes overbright. "You always were a little snot. You want to be Sasha? You want to dive back into mediocrity and wear your weakness like a badge? Please, by all means, be my guest. Beg for pity again. Hunt down all your little friends who kept you feeling just bad enough that they could baby you without letting you think you were their plaything." "Shut the fuck up, When I Do Not Dream," Jonas shouted. "All of you, shut the fuck up." He turned to Sasha and grinned icily, eyes now burning overbright. "You always were a little snot. You want to be Sasha? You want to dive back into mediocrity and wear your weakness like a badge? Please, by all means, be my guest. Beg for pity again. Hunt down all your little friends who kept you feeling just bad enough that they could baby you without letting you think you were their plaything."
At this, most of the stanza bridled, and there were a few louder murmurings. At this, most of the stanza bridled, and there were a few louder murmurings.
Jonas waved it away. "Crawl back to Debarre and...fuck, what was his name? user11824? Crawl into their arms and let them prop you up long after you should've died." Jonas waved it away. "Crawl back to Debarre and...fuck, what was his name? user11824? Crawl into their arms and let them prop you up long after you should've died."
Murmurings grew to mutterings. Murmurings grew to angry mutterings.
Jonas only laughed, and that bitterness was all the more evident. "Go. Be Sasha. Live your silly little life. And you," he said through clenched teeth, jabbing a finger toward Ioan. "Write your little story. That's what you're here for, isn't it? Write your little romance and fuck your little girlfriends and put on your little plays." Jonas only laughed, and that bitterness was all the more evident. "Go. Be Sasha. Live your silly little life. And you," he said through clenched teeth, jabbing a finger toward Ioan. "Write your little story. That's what you're here for, isn't it? Write your little romance and fuck your little girlfriends and put on your little plays."
@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ The weasel straightened up and, when May gestured to the spot beside E.W., he sl
Sasha bowed, sitting quietly and fiddling anxiously with the hem of her tunic while May caught him up on the events of the past few months, letting the other three of them interject with corrections and confirmations. Throughout, Debarre waited, and while he didn't relax fully, by the end of the discussion, he was at least sitting all the way down. Sasha bowed, sitting quietly and fiddling anxiously with the hem of her tunic while May caught him up on the events of the past few months, letting the other three of them interject with corrections and confirmations. Throughout, Debarre waited, and while he didn't relax fully, by the end of the discussion, he was at least sitting all the way down.
"So you're now Sasha," he said slowly. "So now you're Sasha," he said slowly.
"A new Sasha. Related, but not the same Sasha you and I remember." "A new Sasha. Related, but not the same Sasha you and I remember."