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@@ -220,6 +220,6 @@ Ey turned her words over in eir mind, along with whatever snippet of verse it wa
 
 Instead, ey said, "You're a good person, Sasha. All three of you are good people."
 
-She laughed. "And you, dear, are a dork. But come, my tail is falling asleep, and my fork's conversation with May has wrapped up and she misses you greatly."
+"And you, dear, are a dork." She laughed. "But come, my tail is falling asleep, and my fork's conversation with May has wrapped up and she misses you greatly."
 
 They walked back, then, hand in paw, following the trail as it dipped down to the water or ducked up into the trees. Back home, back to May, back to whatever it was that life had become.