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@@ -362,25 +362,25 @@ He reached out to clutch at May's paws. She startled backwards, but did nothing
 
 "But--"
 
-"No." The skunk shook her head, leaned forward and touched her nose to Zacharias's. "Not me. Not Sasha. Not us. You are on your own, my dear. I will not accept any further messages or merges. No contact."
+"No." The skunk shook her head, leaned forward and touched her nose to his. "Not me. Not Sasha. Not us. You are on your own, Zacharias. I will not accept any further messages or merges. No contact."
 
 He slouched once more, eyes still wide. "May Then My Name, I--"
 
-She extracted one of her paws from his and slapped him firmly across the snout. "And that is for before."
+"No contact." She extracted one of her paws from his and slapped him firmly across the snout. "And that is for before."
 
 Yelping, he fell back onto an elbow. He opened his mouth to respond, but May had already nodded towards Douglas, who swept him from the sim.
 
-She remained kneeling, then started to shake, crumpling down onto the grass, panting heavily. Ioan knelt beside her until she'd cried herself dry while Douglas and Sasha sat on the steps leading up to his house, watching in silence.
+She remained kneeling for a moment, then started to shake, crumpling down onto the grass, panting heavily. Ioan knelt beside her until she'd cried herself dry while Douglas and Sasha sat on the steps leading up to his house, watching in silence.
 
 "I've never seen you like that before," he said, once they'd made their way inside, the four of them clutching glasses of water. "I knew he was a shitbag, but goddamn."
 
 "I am...not okay," she said, whispering down to her glass. "I am not okay."
 
-"It is not a mode either of us are comfortable with," Sasha said quietly, "but it is the only mode that would have gained us peace. Any weakness would be taken as an opening. Even so, I do not expect that is the last we will hear from him."
+"It is not a mode either of us are comfortable with," Sasha said quietly, "but it is the only mode that would have gained us peace. Any weakness would be taken as an opening."
 
 Douglas nodded. He didn't look convinced.
 
-"I am sorry. After 226 years, one learns to use contempt with precision, however dear the cost." She reached out to take one of May's paws in her own. Both of them looked exhausted.
+"I am sorry. After 226 years, one learns to use contempt with precision, however dear the cost." She reached out to take one of May's paws in her own. Both of them looked exhausted. "Even so, I do not expect that is the last we will hear from him."
 
 They didn't stay long after. Ioan eventually promised Douglas that they'd catch up another time and then gently nudged the skunks to quit and merge back down.