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@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ She nodded, tugging Ioan's arm tighter around her middle. "A madness born of ete
"Do you think that's what happened with Death Itself and I Do Not Know? To Michelle?" Ioan asked.
End Waking dipped his snout and drew his hood up over his head once more. A Finger Pointing took a long drink from the bottle of whiskey. Debarre looked away into the dark of the forest.
End Waking dipped his snout and drew his hood up over his head once more. Debarre looked away into the dark of the forest. A Finger Pointing took a long drink from the bottle of whiskey.
"I do not know, my dear. I will never know. It is very hard to quit when one is at the root of a clade, or even a larger subtree. Like pushing through a barrier or wading through mud. Death Itself may have been struggling to do so for a long time. I cannot imagine how difficult it must have been for Michelle. The System is not built for death."
@ -125,6 +125,6 @@ Ey felt eir muscles tense, was helpless to stop it.
"I am sorry, Ioan. The System is not built for death, just as you are not. It wants to keep us alive, and so to end a clade is very difficult."
Ey nodded slowly, focusing on feeling eir partner next to em, the log they sat on beneath em, the warmth of the fire before em. Ey focused on those around em --- A Finger Pointing, Douglas, Debarre, End Waking, and of course eir own dear May --- pinning em to a time, a place, a mood. Ey focused on the feeling of being alive and being *here*, of being present and in the world, digital or otherwise.
Ey nodded slowly, focusing on night above em, the log they sat on beneath em, the warmth of the fire before em. Ey focused on those around em --- A Finger Pointing, Douglas, Debarre, End Waking, and of course eir own dear May --- pinning em to a time, a place, a mood. Ey focused on the feeling of being alive and being *here*, of being present and in the world, digital or otherwise.
"How heavy must that madness be, then," May continued. "To crash through so many failsafes and allow someone who has been within the system for more than two centuries such a death? This is what we fear."