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<p>“This has been far and away the worst Secession day I have had,” True Name said.</p>
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<p>Ioan and May both snorted, then worked to finish their bites so that they could apologize.</p>
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<p>“Sorry, True Name,” Ioan said. “I don’t know if you had a lot planned, but I’m glad you at least made it through.”</p>
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<p>“It is okay to laugh. There is little else to do in the face of it.” The skunk smiled weakly. “I am sorry that you two have been dragged into it along with me.”</p>
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<p>“It is okay to laugh. There is little else to do in the face of it.” She smiled weakly. “I am sorry that you two have been dragged into it along with me.”</p>
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<p>“It’s alright.”</p>
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<p>“Well, not alright, necessarily,” May added. “But I am glad that you are not dead.”</p>
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<p>“Thank you, May Then My Name. I appreciate it.”</p>
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<p>She tilted her head quizzically. “You swept seventeen? Those were likely Jonas’s, I imagine.”</p>
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<p>May’s voice was steeped in sarcasm as she spoke. “Find out any juicy details?”</p>
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<p>Her cocladist held up her paws. “There is no excusing my actions. I know that there is little that I can do to earn your trust, May Then My Name, and at this point, even I suspect that I do not deserve it. There were few details of note enough to report back to me. We knew of your career changes. We knew of your…your feelings towards me. We…well, they learned about the Artemisians early on when you got your letter from Castor, though in the last decade, the reports that I have received have decreased in number, which I attributed to a lack of interesting goings on. That they did not report on the letter is a red flag I should have paid attention to sooner.”</p>
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<p>Ey shot May a questioning glance, but she shook her head. <em>Perhaps she really doesn’t know about the Name,</em> ey thought.</p>
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<p>Ey shot May a questioning glance, but she shook her head. <em>Perhaps she really doesn’t know about Codrin and the Name,</em> ey thought.</p>
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<p>“And why did you not?” May asked instead.</p>
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<p>“Pay attention to the red flags?” True Name stared at the fire for a long few seconds, then shrugged. “I was overworked and being fed bad information.”</p>
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<p>“You overworked yourself, you mean. 108 forks! Did you synchronize daily?”</p>
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<p><em>I’m glad End Waking gave us two tents,</em> Ioan thought. <em>It’s been civil so far, but…</em></p>
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<p>Out loud, ey asked, “So, what’s next? We head back tomorrow and build you a room, but then what?”</p>
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<p>“What is next is that I try to salvage what I can from this. I imagine that my options will be severely limited if I am to continue existing as I am and still meet Jonas’s demands, but that does not mean that I will set my goals aside.”</p>
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<p>“‘Continue as you are’?” May growled. “I cannot believe…well.”</p>
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<p>There was a moment of tense silence, eir partner’s jaw working as though straining to hold back some larger outburst.</p>
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<p>“‘Continue as you are’?” May growled. “I cannot believe– “</p>
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<p>There was a moment of tense silence, her jaw working as though straining to hold back some larger outburst.</p>
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<p>Once she’d mastered it, she said in a tightly controlled voice, “I am going to stretch my legs.”</p>
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<p>“Be safe, May,” ey said quietly, watching the skunk stand and stomp off toward the lake.</p>
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<p>True Name watched her estranged up-tree instance with nothing but exhaustion in her expression.</p>
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<p>Eventually, she stood from her log and bowed to em. “I am sorry, my dear. I did not mean to get short with you. It has been a terrible day.”</p>
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<p>“Oh, uh,” ey stammered, flicking eir gaze her way. “It’s alright. I think we’re all pretty messed up right now.”</p>
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<p>“Well put,” she said. “I am going to try and sleep. Which one is mine?”</p>
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<p>Ey gestured her toward the tent with one cot in it and watched her slip inside, then sat and waited for May to come back, staring at the fire and trying not to feel bad enough for the three of them. </p>
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<p>Ey pointed her toward the tent with one cot in it and watched her slip inside, then sat and waited for May to come back, staring at the fire and trying not to feel bad enough for the three of them. </p>
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