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<p>Ioan smiled and jotted down the date. “Thanks. What led you to upload?”</p>
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<p>Ioan smiled and jotted down the date. “Thanks. What led you to upload?”</p>
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<p>“Jesus, I don’t know that I even remember anymore.” She got a far-away look in her eyes, then brightened up. “Cancer! I think, at least. I got something, and it just felt like it’d be easier to come up here than stay down there.”</p>
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<p>“Jesus, I don’t know that I even remember anymore.” She got a far-away look in her eyes, then brightened up. “Cancer! I think, at least. I got something, and it just felt like it’d be easier to come up here than stay down there.”</p>
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<p>“That makes sense. Not much of that to worry about here.”</p>
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<p>“That makes sense. Not much of that to worry about here.”</p>
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<p>“Sometimes I think it must’ve been early onset Alzheimer’s.” She laughed. “I’m just a little spacey, is all.”</p>
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<p>“Sometimes I think it must’ve been early onset Alzheimer’s.” She laughed. “I just get a little spacey, is all.”</p>
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<p>“It’s easy enough to do. I get stuck thinking about whatever sometimes,” ey said.</p>
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<p>“It’s easy enough to do. I get stuck thinking about whatever sometimes,” ey said.</p>
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<p>“Oh! Yes, that’s it precisely. I get stuck writing stuff in my head, and then I forget what it was that I was doing.”</p>
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<p>“Oh! Yes, that’s it precisely. I get stuck writing stuff in my head, and then I forget what it was that I was doing.”</p>
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<p>“You write music?”</p>
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<p>“You write music?”</p>
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<p>She nodded. “Composer, conductor, violinist. Have you heard any of my stuff?”</p>
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<p>She nodded. “Composer, conductor, violinist. Have you heard any of my stuff?”</p>
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<p>“I listened to some while I was preparing for our meeting.” Ioan smiled sheepishly. “I’ll admit that much of it was over my head, but I can certainly see the skill behind it, and you play beautifully.”</p>
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<p>“I listened to some while I was preparing for our meeting.” Ioan smiled sheepishly. “I’ll admit that much of it was over my head, but I can certainly see the skill behind it, and you play beautifully.”</p>
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<p>“Thank you,” she said, giving a hint of a bow. “For both of them, I mean. I sometimes enjoy writing stuff that’s hard to grasp. It makes for an experience of its own. Bafflement, confusion, lack of understanding, those are all feelings, and music is supposed to toy with feelings.”</p>
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<p>“Thank you for saying so,” she said, giving a hint of a bow. “For both of them, I mean. I sometimes enjoy writing stuff that’s hard to grasp. It makes for an experience of its own. Bafflement, confusion, lack of understanding, those are all feelings, and music is supposed to toy with feelings.”</p>
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<p>“That’s something I can appreciate, as well.”</p>
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<p>“That’s something I can appreciate, as well.”</p>
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<p>“I’m sure you can, with your work with the Odists.” Renee grinned at eir confusion. “I read up on you, as well. They sound like a wild bunch.”</p>
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<p>“I’m sure you can, with your work with the Odists.” Renee grinned at eir confusion. “I read up on you as well. They sound like a wild bunch.”</p>
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<p>Ey laughed. “I’ll say. You were a musician before uploading, too, correct?”</p>
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<p>“I’ll say.” Ey laughed. “You were a musician before uploading, too, correct?”</p>
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<p>“Oh, yes! One of those lucky few who got to do what she loved for a living. I think that’s why I uploaded, in the end. Getting a terminal diagnosis didn’t really make me depressed in and of itself. What got to me was the thought that that would mean I wouldn’t be able to play or write anymore. I’ve seen people go through treatment, and none of them are in any shape to play an instrument.”</p>
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<p>“Oh, yes! One of those lucky few who got to do what she loved for a living. I think that’s why I uploaded, in the end. Getting a terminal diagnosis didn’t really make me depressed in and of itself. What got to me was the thought that that would mean I wouldn’t be able to play or write anymore. I’ve seen people go through treatment, and none of them are in any shape to play an instrument.”</p>
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<p>“What kind of cancer? If you don’t mind me asking.”</p>
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<p>“What kind of cancer? If you don’t mind me asking.”</p>
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<p>“Thyroid, I think. Yes, that was it. I noticed it when it started to get uncomfortable to hold the violin.” She made a sour face, then added, “I’m sure I sound obsessed.”</p>
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<p>“Thyroid, I think. Yes, that was it. I noticed it when it started to get uncomfortable to hold the violin.” She made a sour face, then added, “I’m sure I sound obsessed.”</p>
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<p>“As I’ve heard, too. Text appears to work okay, as something more concrete.”</p>
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<p>“As I’ve heard, too. Text appears to work okay, as something more concrete.”</p>
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<p>“Right, just drop it in the perisystem blah blah and phys-side can pick it up. Anyway, music can be described, and that publisher said that there had been several different tools for writing sheet music as just plain old text. Want to play the note A? Write down A. B? Write down B. A rest? R. Et cetera et cetera ad nauseum. It was nothing new, but I guess no one had thought to try something like that before. I read up on one of them and made a few changes to the whole shebang, and now we can send that back and forth. Books? Sure. Math? Sure. Even scripts! Why not music?”</p>
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<p>“Right, just drop it in the perisystem blah blah and phys-side can pick it up. Anyway, music can be described, and that publisher said that there had been several different tools for writing sheet music as just plain old text. Want to play the note A? Write down A. B? Write down B. A rest? R. Et cetera et cetera ad nauseum. It was nothing new, but I guess no one had thought to try something like that before. I read up on one of them and made a few changes to the whole shebang, and now we can send that back and forth. Books? Sure. Math? Sure. Even scripts! Why not music?”</p>
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<p>Ioan laughed. “Of course. That makes sense. Did your music change after you uploaded?”</p>
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<p>Ioan laughed. “Of course. That makes sense. Did your music change after you uploaded?”</p>
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<p>“I wrote a lot more violin works,” she said, grinning. “After all, I could fork and play as many parts as I wanted. Or could afford, at least. It still cost a bit to fork back then. I also made a few instruments up here that I could only describe in order to let phys-side know how to make. Concerts were much easier to have, because schedules are easier to coordinate when you’re not restricted to just one version of yourself. Music started to drift between sys-side and phys-side — stylistically, I mean. I got some iffy reviews of stuff offline that went over pretty well here.”</p>
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<p>“I wrote a lot more string works,” she said, grinning. “After all, I could fork and play as many parts as I wanted. Or could afford, at least. It still cost a bit to fork back then. I also made a few instruments up here that I could only describe in order to let phys-side know how to make. Concerts were much easier to have, because schedules are easier to coordinate when you’re not restricted to just one version of yourself. Music started to drift between sys-side and phys-side — stylistically, I mean. I got some iffy reviews of stuff offline that went over pretty well here.”</p>
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<p>“What happened to music phys-side that didn’t here?”</p>
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<p>“What happened to music phys-side that didn’t here?”</p>
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<p>“They swung back towards some older styles. Minimalism was already on the rise again, when I was leaving, and I loved the stuff. All those long notes, chords that held forever or used rhythm to add variety. Phasing.” She chopped her hands unevenly in the air before herself, emphasizing the latter in a way that Ioan didn’t quite understand. “Outside the System, though, it swung back toward more romantic stuff. It was all very Mahler, very Antoniewicz, very Liu. The problem with living forever, though, is that you can keep refining your craft in whatever ways you want. I stuck around with minimalism, for the most part. People keep uploading, though, and bring their ideas with them, so I’ve tried to diversify my works a little bit, but I write what sounds good to me.”</p>
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<p>“They swung back towards some older styles. Minimalism was already on the rise again, when I was leaving, and I loved the stuff. All those long notes, chords that held forever or used rhythm to add variety. Phasing.” She chopped her hands unevenly in the air before herself, emphasizing the latter in a way that Ioan didn’t quite understand. “Outside the System, though, it swung back toward more romantic stuff. It was all very Mahler, very Antoniewicz, very Liu. The problem with living forever, though, is that you can keep refining your craft in whatever ways you want. I stuck around with minimalism, for the most part. People keep uploading, though, and bring their ideas with them, so I’ve tried to diversify my works a little bit, but I write what sounds good to me.”</p>
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<p>“Is there a steady stream of composers joining? Enough to shift styles sys-side?”</p>
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<p>“Is there a steady stream of composers joining? Enough to shift styles sys-side?”</p>
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<p>“What?” the skunk asked, frowning.</p>
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<p>“What?” the skunk asked, frowning.</p>
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<p>“Hmm?”</p>
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<p>“Hmm?”</p>
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<p>“You were frowning. What happened? Getting tired of my cooking?”</p>
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<p>“You were frowning. What happened? Getting tired of my cooking?”</p>
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<p>“No, it’s good. Just thinking about something Dear#Castor talked about today.” Ey stabbed at a spear of asparagus. “Ey interviewed some asshole author was working on a book on both launches, but intentionally not communicating to see how they would diverge.”</p>
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<p>“No, it’s good. Just thinking about something Codrin#Castor talked about today.” Ey stabbed at a spear of asparagus. “Ey interviewed some asshole author was working on a book on both launches, but intentionally not communicating to see how they would diverge.”</p>
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<p>“Sounds fun enough,” May said. “But, if I am thinking of the same author, it will be quite boring.”</p>
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<p>“Sounds fun enough,” May said. “But, if I am thinking of the same author, it will be quite boring.”</p>
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<p>Ioan laughed, finished chewing on the asparagus. “Fair enough. Codrin suggested that we specifically not do that, though, that it might be better to coordinate between the two launches a little better. Figure out who to interview and in what order, while the transmission time isn’t too bad.”</p>
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<p>Ioan laughed, finished chewing on the asparagus. “Fair enough. Codrin suggested that we specifically not do that, though, that it might be better to coordinate between the two launches a little better. Figure out who to interview and in what order, while the transmission time isn’t too bad.”</p>
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<p>May shrugged. “I am up for it, if all three of our groups agree.”</p>
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<p>May shrugged. “I am up for it, if all three of our groups agree.”</p>
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<p>“After I explained it to Codrin#Pollux, ey seemed on board. I think it might be a good idea.”</p>
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<p>“After I explained it to Codrin#Pollux, ey seemed on board. I think it might be a good idea.”</p>
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<p>“Did either of them have any suggestions for where to look next?”</p>
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<p>“Did either of them have any suggestions for where to look next?”</p>
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<p>“Nothing in particular,” Ioan said around a bite of fish. “Sorry. I figure stuff like why invested in one or the other is a project that could go on forever, based on the numbers. Sure, there are only two hundred or so that only invested in the launches, but the numbers are much higher on our end.”</p>
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<p>“Nothing in particular,” Ioan said around a bite of fish. “Sorry. I figure stuff like why one invested in one or the other is a project that could go on forever, based on the numbers. Sure, there are only two hundred or so clades that totally invested in the launches, but the numbers are much higher on our end.”</p>
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<p>“You are thinking about the Secession, are you not?” May smiled. “Clever, clever.”</p>
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<p>“You are thinking about Secession, are you not?” May smiled. “Clever, clever.”</p>
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<p>“Am I that transparent?”</p>
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<p>“Am I that transparent?”</p>
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<p>“Yes, absolutely.”</p>
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<p>“Yes, absolutely.”</p>
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<p>Ey laughed. “Well, how much of the Council of Eight remains?”</p>
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<p>Ey laughed. “Well, how much of the Council of Eight remains?”</p>
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<p>“Most. I will direct one of the Codrins to find some of them.”</p>
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<p>“Most. I will direct one of the Codrins to find some of them.”</p>
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<p>“But not me?”</p>
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<p>“But not me?”</p>
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<p>“No. Remember I am curious to see who you find first.” They ate in silence for a bit, before May spoke up. “Do you remember what I said about Michelle?”</p>
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<p>“No. Remember I am curious to see who you find first.” They ate in silence for a bit, before May spoke up. “Do you remember what I said about Michelle?”</p>
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<p>“That she was instrumental to the Secession, yeah. I was thinking of hunting down some Odists.”</p>
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<p>“That she was instrumental to Secession, yeah. I was thinking of hunting down some Odists.”</p>
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<p>“A good bet, that.” She looked down at her plate and said, more quietly, “Ask the first lines.”</p>
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<p>“A good bet, that.” She looked down at her plate and said, more quietly, “Ask the first lines.”</p>
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<p>“That was my plan. I figure they were the first forked.”</p>
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<p>“That was my plan. I figure they were the first forked.”</p>
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<p>“Yes.”</p>
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<p>She nodded, setting her fork down on her plate, though some of the food remained. “Yes, but I am worried that you will be unhappy with me.”</p>
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<p>She nodded, setting her fork down on her plate, though some of the food remained. “Yes, but I am worried that you will be unhappy with me.”</p>
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