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"It is Jonas!" he said, finally snapping out of his daze. "Jonas! He killed all of my instances!"
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"Did you expect anything else, loverfox??" Sasha asked. There was no humor or sweetness in her voice.
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"Did you expect anything else, little loverfox?" Sasha asked. There was no humor or sweetness in her voice, the last two words carried venom in them.
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"I...I mean--"
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The most dramatic of meetings came as Autumn began creeping over the edge of the hills.
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The most dramatic of meetings came as Autumn began creeping over the edge of the hills. Quieter, perhaps, but bearing the most weight.
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In Dreams arrived late on a Saturday afternoon on a few minutes' notice and bowed formally to Sasha.
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"Please. This story is not over, will not be over for a long time yet. Listen. Watch."
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Sasha immediately picked up on the mood and stood up straight after returning the formal bow. She offered In Dreams a seat and coffee, both of which were declined, then said, "How may I help you?"
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Sasha immediately picked up on the mood and stood up straight after returning the formal bow. She offered In Dreams a seat and something to drink, both of which were declined, then said, "How may I help you?"
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"I have a request from both my stanza and that of Memory Is A Mirror Of Hammered Silver. You will also be presented with this request in writing as an individual-eyes-only message."
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Sasha stood still for a long minute, head bowed, then stepped outside without a word, at which point May burst into tears.
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Ioan did eir bets to comfort the skunk, but after an hour, she gently pushed em away. "I need...I need the house to myself, please."
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Ioan did eir best to comfort the skunk, but after an hour, she gently pushed em away. "I need...I need the house to myself, please."
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"Should I head to Douglas's??"
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"Should I head to Douglas's?"
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She shook her head. "I do not know, Ioan. I just...I just need the house. If you can...I mean, if Sasha will let you stay at her tent, you can stay, but I need the house."
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Ah well. This was the first time that May had overflowed in this living situation --- and so dramatically, too; she'd never given em so little notice --- so perhaps it would be helpful after all.
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Ey took eir time walking around the shore of the lake, using it to vent the emotions that had built up over the last half hour through tears, through shouting into a cone of silence, cursing.
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Ey took eir time walking around the shore of the lake, using it to vent the emotions that had built up over the last few hours through tears, through shouting into a cone of silence, cursing.
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"Ioan? Goodness," Sasha said.
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She chuckled and elbowed em in the side. "This may be a True Name thing."
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"Are you leaning into the "Good is the passive that obeys reason; Evil is the active springing from Energy" on this, then? Zacharias is evil for all his meddling?"
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"Are you leaning into the "Good is the passive that obeys reason; Evil is the active springing from Energy" on this, then? Zacharias is evil for all his conniving?"
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"Nothing is so simple, dear," she said, shaking her head. "Blake was not of our kind, he would not have understood. He did get that right, though, in that we are a people of dualities. May sees in Zacharias all that she cannot --- must not --- be. In Dreams and Hammered silver see in me that which they are not, and yet we are not what we are without our opposites. Every idea's opposite is just the absence of the idea itself."
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Ey sighed. "Maybe. It's all a bit over my head."
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"I am also a little bit all over the place," she admitted. "These events have me going in three different directions at once. The clade is crumbling and I cannot deny that some...much of that is on me. I am sorry, Ioan."
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"I am also a little bit all over the place," she admitted. "These events have me going in three different directions at once. The Ode clade is crumbling and I cannot deny that some...that much of that is on me. I am sorry, Ioan."
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"It's fine," ey said, shaking eir head. "It's kind of a lot."
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"That it is. You are a good person, though. You love your partner. She knows this. I know this. You are good to her and it will all be okay. We may hope for neat endings but all we get are more beginnings." She smiled, added, "And yes, you may stay until she is feeling better."
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"That it is. You are a good person, though. You love your partner. She knows this. I know this. You are good to her and it will all be okay. We may hope for neat endings but all we get are more beginnings." She smiled, adding, "And yes, you may stay until she is feeling better."
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