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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ And so ey simply sat at her desk and watched her manage her breathing, keep her
Finally, ey reached out to offer a hand to the skunk to help her stand. "It's time we start back, True Name."
She sighed, nodded, and waved eir hand away, standing on her own volition. "Thank you, Mx. Bălan. I appreciate your help."
She sighed, nodded, and waved eir hand away, standing on her own. "Thank you, Mx. Bălan. I appreciate your help."
Ey nodded, hesitated as ey composed eir question, and then asked, "I don't wish to overstep my bounds, here, and will accept no as an answer, but can you tell me what exactly it was that Why Ask Questions meant by "I cannot feel em"?"
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"To his exclusion who prepare by process of Size...of..." Answers Will Not Help continued, unfazed. She was phasing in and out of common time now, despite the promise of unison. Her words jittering now fast, now slow. "I cannot feel em here. We are so far away from home. I cannot...I miss em, I miss em. I miss...was that eir prophecy? Was that why ey wrote me? Is this AwDae's words come true?"
"Stop!" True Name shouted, tackling the blurring, crumbling form of Answers Will Not Help to the ground. "Fucking stop! You cannot--"
"Stop!" True Name shouted. She swiped out at her cocladist, managing to grab a fistful of her blouse, yanking her closer roughly.
After a moment's tussle, Answers Will Not Help collapsed to the ground, limp and laughing, retching, crying. "For the Stupendous Vision of eir diameters---" she said, and then quit, leaving True Name to fall to the ground, weeping.
With surprising speed, Answers Will Not Help slid a foot back and struck True Name's forearm with a downward strike of her own, getting a yelp from the skunk and forcing her to let go. She stumbled back, gasping, "The flow of prophecy climbs up through the years, winter upon winter upon winter, and compels the future to do its bidding! Ey said...ey said..."
True Name bared her teeth, tackling the blurring, crumbling form of Answers Will Not Help to the ground. "Fucking stop! You cannot--"
After a moment's tussle, Answers Will Not Help sprawled flat the ground, limp and laughing, retching, crying. "For the Stupendous Vision of eir diameters---" she said, and then quit, leaving True Name to fall to the ground, weeping.
There was a shocked silence around the table, and when no one moved, Codrin slid out of eir chair to kneel by True Name's side. Her form had begun to waver once more, and, remembering the aversion to touch that came with that, ey simply sat beside her, waiting until she calmed down.