From 3313307467bc70c5a92c0aa0d92bfe6efb4dc6aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Madison Scott-Clary Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 14:20:10 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update from sparkleup --- writing/post-self/marsh/004.html | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/writing/post-self/marsh/004.html b/writing/post-self/marsh/004.html index 53129a9c0..14f69cae5 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/marsh/004.html +++ b/writing/post-self/marsh/004.html @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Something about the ephemerality of the sand and the permanence of the tile spea

“Hanne said that one of her friends, Shu, was missing entirely,” I said, once the words had sunk in. “Similar to Marsh, I mean. It wasn’t just that she wasn’t responding, it’s like she was just never there, like the System didn’t know about her.”

“I have not come across that name off the top of my head, but one of my instances will do a search to confirm and get in touch with Hanne directly, if she would like.”

I shrugged. “It might be worth asking, at least.”

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She nodded and gestured us back down to the beach. “I will.

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She nodded and gestured us back down to the beach. “I will.” She took a deep breath before continuing. “Now, the current population in terms of instances is something like 2.3 trillion. A billion is a very small fraction of the System in terms of numbers, but it is what we are working with. A billion instances appear to have been…ah, lost, along with thirteen months, ten days

(tile sim - talking about current status of the numbers)

(Serene’s swamp - talking about the current response out in the world)

(dandelion field - talking about the Odists, one loss, End Of Endings, though still checking on those who have left the clade, of which there are now a few, no word on E.W.)