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 <p>She rolled her eyes, then quit.</p>
 <p>&ldquo;Let us try one at a time. You will need to work fairly quickly to avoid the hit in reputation. Fork once, and then that fork will continue to look as you do now, while you work progressively on each of those steps.&rdquo; When True Name did so, Praiseworthy nodded. &ldquo;First, rounder ears.&rdquo;</p>
 <p>The new fork perked up when her down-tree instance forked and quit, the new instance having slightly rounder ears. She nodded, smiling.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;Excellent. Now the whiskers. Great. Cheeks? And&hellip;eyes. Fantastic.&rdquo; Praise worthy smiled after all the forking had been completed, then nodded to the first of the new instances, who quit.</p>
+<p>&ldquo;Excellent. Now the whiskers. Great. Cheeks? And&hellip;eyes. Fantastic.&rdquo; Praiseworthy smiled after all the forking had been completed, then nodded to the first of the new instances, who quit.</p>
 <p>The option for a rush of memories was provided to True Name, who, on a whim, accepted it, now remembering what it had looked like from the outside as her face had grown&hellip;well, cuter. It had worked well.</p>
 <p>The two skunks worked through a short laundry list of changes. True Name grew an inch or so taller, her shoulders became the slightest bit flatter without getting broader, her back straighter.</p>
 <p>One last time, she forked to get a good look at herself to compare with what she remembered from before the process.</p>
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 <p>&ldquo;Oh, this is delightful.&rdquo;</p>
 <p>Praiseworthy beamed. &ldquo;I am glad that you enjoy.&rdquo;</p>
 <p>They worked next on how to better her affect. Smile more earnestly, laugh more easily, transition from those expressions to stern or confident or pitying. There were a few more forks as they worked on ways to soften True Name&rsquo;s voice, pitching it just a little lower, rounding some of the vowels, practicing elocution. With each fork, she found that the lessons stuck more firmly. Perhaps what was in her mind before became more cemented in place.</p>
+<p>Finally, Praiseworthy had True Name practice forking into a Michelle-form for situations where a skunk would be out of place, and then they worked on perfecting that version of her, as well. It was surprising, at first, that she could even make so great a change with one fork, but then, she remembered precisely what it had felt like to be Michelle, just as she remembered what it felt like to be Sasha.</p>
 <p>Eventually, when the practice and modifications had wrapped up, nearly two hours later, the two skunks sat at the top of a low raise in the landscape, and True Name discussed the other reason that she had sought out Praiseworthy.</p>
 <p>&ldquo;I need help in spreading ideas. I know that you have settled back into some acting and directing, but I do not have the time or energy to guide emotions and reactions to news while still working on this political angle.&rdquo; She plucked a few blades of grass, rolling them into little balls between fingerpads. &ldquo;I know that propaganda is not the same thing as theater, but would you be willing&ndash;&ldquo;</p>
 <p>&ldquo;Yes!&rdquo; Praiseworthy laughed. &ldquo;Of course I would be willing to help. There is more than a little propagandizing in trying to get actors to do their fucking jobs, even when the actors are yourself. What precisely do you need? Speeches? Words whispered here and there? Posters?&rdquo;</p>
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 <p>&ldquo;I wonder if she knows it, yet,&rdquo; True name said, then let silence fall again. The two sat together, watching as afternoon slid carefully into evening.</p>
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