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<p>“We have called you here to the field for a reason,” Need An Answer said, picking up smoothly. “We would like you to tally up the amount of up-tree instances that you have. <em>All</em> up-tree instances, whether or not they are public. Please provide that tally to me, including only the instances you are positive about. If you would like to obfuscate that number and only respond via sensorium message, that is acceptable.”</p>
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<p>“We have called you here to the field for a reason,” Need An Answer said, picking up smoothly. “We would like you to tally up the amount of up-tree instances that you have. <em>All</em> up-tree instances, whether or not they are public. Please provide that tally to me, including only the instances you are positive about. If you would like to obfuscate that number and only respond via sensorium message, that is acceptable.”</p>
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<p>There followed nearly half an hour of silence. Most of the Odists looked distant or distracted, some of them sitting on the ground or pacing. I imagined them getting in touch with their up-tree instances, having them go through the same procedure.</p>
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<p>There followed nearly half an hour of silence. Most of the Odists looked distant or distracted, some of them sitting on the ground or pacing. I imagined them getting in touch with their up-tree instances, having them go through the same procedure.</p>
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<p>By the end, many of them were in tears.</p>
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<p>By the end, many of them were in tears.</p>
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<p>“Alright,” Need An Answer said. “The amount provided to me is 748. Combined with those who are not here and who have responded, there are 1,338 Odists. Please now provide tallies of how many of these instances are missing.”</p>
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<p>“Alright,” Need An Answer said. “The amount provided to me is 748. Combined with those who are not here and who have responded, there are 1,338 Odists. Please now provide tallies of how many of these instances are missing.”</p>
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<p>“Why?” In All Ways asked. Her expression had shifted from upset to unnerved.</p>
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<p>“Why?” In All Ways asked. Her expression had shifted from upset to unnerved.</p>
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<p>“The goal is to use us as a synecdoche for the System. By tallying the percentage of missing instances within our group, we may have a guess as to how many on the System may be missing. We are working with other clades who are doing the same thing, and by averaging, perhaps we will wind up with an approximate number for Lagrange as a whole.”</p>
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<p>“The goal is to use us as a synecdoche for the System. By tallying the percentage of missing instances within our group, we may have a guess as to how many on the System may be missing. We are working with other clades who are doing the same thing, and by averaging, perhaps we will wind up with an approximate number for Lagrange as a whole.”</p>
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<p>Another, longer silence followed. By now, more of them were sitting in the grass. There were more tears, more open crying.</p>
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<p>Another, longer silence followed. By now, more of them were sitting in the grass. There were more tears, more open crying.</p>
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<p>((After Dry Grass leaves, Reed goes to talk with Lily))</p>
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<p>((After Dry Grass leaves, Reed goes to talk with Lily))</p>
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