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@@ -150,8 +150,4 @@ Ey laughed, stroking over her ears. "Well, I was going to ask about the hug, mos
 
 "Oh?"
 
-She shook her head beneath eir hand and tightened her grip around em. "I do not want to discuss them now, my dear. I am tired and cried out and you are comfortable and good to me."
-
-"That's my job, yeah," ey said, combing fingers through fur. "We'll talk about it tomorrow, then."
-
-"Mmhm. Dote on skunks time."
+She shook her head beneath eir hand and tightened her grip around em. "I do not want to discuss them now. I am tired and cried out and you are comfortable and good to me."
diff --git a/writing/post-self/mitzvot/017.md b/writing/post-self/mitzvot/017.md
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@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Smiling gratefully, she nodded. "Thank you, my dear. Let me rephrase and say tha
 
 Ey sighed. "I don't know if that's necessarily reason to do it so soon, though. You're right that we should take our time with the meeting and plan as best we can. I just worry about her going in there already a mess because of a ton of conflicts when she needs to be in the best shape she can be."
 
-"You are right, as always," she grumbled, slumping forward to use eir thigh as a pillow. "Thank you, my dear, for keeping me grounded."
+"You are right, as always," she grumbled, slumping forward to use eir thigh as a pillow. "Thank you for keeping me grounded."
 
 Ey stroked over the skunk's head, toying with one of her ears until she batted at eir hand. "I know I say it a lot, but you're a good person, May. So is End Waking, too. I think True Name having some of that will only help."