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<p>Dear frowned. <em>“Do you feel obligated to take on the project, rather than actually wanting to?”</em></p>
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<p>Codrin shrugged. “I don’t know what else to say other than that. Obligated, then worried about scope, as though I’d already accepted the burden, such as it were.”</p>
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<p><em>“Do you need a vacation, my dear?”</em></p>
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<p>“Good Lord, no,” ey said, laughing. “I don’t go as nuts as you, fox, but sitting around idly is decidedly uncomfortable. It’s not quite an “I hate my job” feeling, either. It’s just more of a “Why is it always me? Why do I always wind up at the center of these enormous happenings?” feeling.”</p>
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<p>“Good Lord, no,” ey said, laughing. “I don’t go as nuts as you, fox, but sitting around idly is decidedly uncomfortable. It’s not quite an ‘I hate my job’ feeling, either. It’s just more of a ‘Why is it always me? Why do I always wind up at the center of these enormous happenings?’ feeling.”</p>
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<p>As though on cue, both Codrin and Dear’s partner looked over at the fox, who burst into giggles. Ey felt so loopy from exhaustion that ey was soon joining Dear in the fit.</p>
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<p><em>“I will accept a portion of that responsibility,”</em> it said when it could speak again. <em>“But the rest falls on my cocladists. I may be one of them, but I am no metonym.”</em></p>
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<p>“I’ll accept that,” Codrin said.</p>
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<p>“Right, yeah.” Ey slumped down in the chair. “Not like they’ll be able to do anything, anyway.”</p>
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<p><em>“As am I. If True Name allows, I will ask for a copy as well.”</em></p>
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<p>“Me too,” its partner said.</p>
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<p>“Can you give us an overview of their answers?” Codrin asked.</p>
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<p>“Sure,” Tycho said slowly, skimming through the rest of the page and onto the next. “They say that stories are of the utmost importance to all races, that there is no limitation what kind, or who may tell them, but that, quote, “of the occupations that many hold, that of storyteller is the one held in highest regard.”“</p>
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<p>“Sure,” Tycho said slowly, skimming through the rest of the page and onto the next. “They say that stories are of the utmost importance to all races, that there is no limitation what kind, or who may tell them, but that, quote, ‘of the occupations that many hold, that of storyteller is the one held in highest regard’.”</p>
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<p>Dear brightened considerably. <em>“I will forgive them their atrocious naming choice for their leadership, then. They do sound interesting aside from that.”</em></p>
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<p>“I’ll admit to being mostly confused about it, or at least more focused on the astronomers they have on board, but it’s all still interesting.” He flipped over to the last page and frowned. He sat silent for several seconds as he stared at the paper, as though willing further meaning to rise from it. “I’ll quote the last bit in its entirety. #Artemis asked, “Do you dream?” There’s no further questions or explanation.”</p>
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<p>“I’ll admit to being mostly confused about it, or at least more focused on the astronomers they have on board, but it’s all still interesting.” He flipped over to the last page and frowned. He sat silent for several seconds as he stared at the paper, as though willing further meaning to rise from it. “I’ll quote the last bit in its entirety. #Artemis asked, ‘Do you dream?’ There’s no further questions or explanation.”</p>
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<p>Dear rolled its eyes. <em>“How very us. I bet Why Ask Questions suggested that.”</em></p>
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<p>If Sarah had been interested before, she was nearly staring holes into Tycho now. “What was their answer?”</p>
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<p>“”You have asked the correct question. We are eager to meet you.” Verbatim. That’s it.”</p>
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<p>“‘You have asked the correct question. We are eager to meet you.’ Verbatim. That’s it.”</p>
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<p>A silence fell over the table while they digested this, each in their own way.</p>
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<p>Codrin sipped eir coffee while ey thought. <em>The correct question</em> made it sound as though they had reached some sort of milestone, perhaps, especially when taken with <em>we are eager to meet you.</em> It made it sound as though humanity had completed a mission by asking that.</p>
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<p>And yet, there wasn’t an answer to the question given, if Tycho was right about the message. They didn’t say yes or no, they didn’t say what about. They simply seemed to be smiling through the page, and ey couldn’t tell whether that smile was one of satisfaction, encouragement, or pride.</p>
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