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@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ May nodded and crawled back over to where Ioan, nudging em to lay down so that s
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Tiredness eventually won them over, though, and, despite the room being mirrored from what ey was used to, the bed was the same, comfortable one ey'd slept in for the last century, the house held the same sense of 'home' as ever. May curled against eir front as she always did, and while it was strange seeing True Name just beyond her, it was still where ey belonged.
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The last thing ey remembered before falling asleep was watching the way True Name had curled to face May, the two skunks holding each others' paws, and thinking to emself, *This isn't how I pictured things winding up if I was to somehow fix them, but it could certainly be worse.*
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The last thing ey remembered before falling asleep was watching the way True Name had curled to face May, the two skunks holding each others' paws, and thinking to emself, *This isn't how I pictured things winding up if I had somehow been able to fix them, but it could certainly be worse.*
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Waking brought confusion. Something about the inversion from their normal bed, of having fallen asleep on eir other side, induced a subtle sense of vertigo at first. The pajamas were also bunched up around em strangely, adding in a subtle sense of constriction. As sleep slowly seeped away, though, the feeling lessened and ey was able to relax in the warmth beneath the covers.
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Waking brought confusion. Something about the inversion from their normal bed, of having fallen asleep on eir the other side than ey usually did, induced a subtle sense of vertigo at first. The pajamas were also bunched up around em strangely, adding in a subtle sense of constriction. As sleep slowly seeped away, though, the feeling lessened and ey was able to relax in the warmth beneath the covers.
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Warmer than expected, perhaps. May was still in eir arms, as expected, but the position felt off with the addition of a second warm bulk.
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*"Sorry,"* ey replied to True Name.
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There was note of amusement, of almost-laughter, as she sent, *"It is okay, my dear. What are you worried about? You only mumbled the last bit."*
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There was note of amusement, of almost-laughter, as she sent, *"It is okay, dear. What are you worried about? You only mumbled the last bit."*
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Eir mind raced as ey tried to figure out how best to explain what ey'd been cycling over.
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@ -392,13 +392,13 @@ True Name sniffled and lifted her head. "Sorry?"
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"Right. May," True Name said, gingerly resting her paw in her up-tree instance's.
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"I do not know how you get from this world to that one, either, if that is something you want, but," she said, taking a deep breath. "So long as you come by that path earnestly and we discuss it in the moment, I do not think I have a problem with it. Ioan?"
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"I do not know how you get from this world to that one, either, should that be something you want, but," she said, taking a deep breath. "So long as you come by that path earnestly and we discuss it in the moment, it is your path to take. Ioan?"
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Ey held up eir hands. "Don't look at me. I don't have a clue."
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They laughed.
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"We'll see, I guess," ey said, shrugging. "It's all way too much for me to take in right now. That's barely even on my radar."
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"We'll see, I guess," ey said, shrugging. "It's all way too much for me to take in right now."
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"Perhaps that is a good place to pause," True Name said. "This conversation has those conflicts begging for attention."
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