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<p>They all raised their glasses in a toast, Dear adding, <em>“To exciting times.”</em></p>
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<p>They all raised their glasses in a toast, Dear adding, <em>“To exciting times.”</em></p>
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<p>Why Ask Questions laughed. “How do you imagine user11824 will take all of this?”</p>
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<p>Why Ask Questions laughed. “How do you imagine user11824 will take all of this?”</p>
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<p><em>“Horribly, of course. When do you plan on releasing the news?”</em></p>
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<p><em>“Horribly, of course. When do you plan on releasing the news?”</em></p>
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<p>“Tomorrow,” True Name answered. “We will release a priority alert into the perisystem feeds. Why Ask Questions is working on that now, I believe. I trust that none of you have told anyone else?”</p>
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<p>“Tomorrow,” True Name answered. “We will release a priority alert into the perisystem feeds. Answers Will Not Help is working on that now, I believe. I trust that none of you have told anyone else?”</p>
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<p>Sarah and Tycho shook their heads.</p>
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<p>Sarah and Tycho shook their heads.</p>
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<p>“Just my partners and Ioan,” Codrin said.</p>
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<p>“Just my partners and Ioan,” Codrin said.</p>
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<p>True Name frowned and there was a brief pause as, ey assumed, she sent off a sensorium message to another of her clade. “Do you think that Ioan will tell anyone?”</p>
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<p>True Name frowned and there was a brief pause as, ey assumed, she sent off a sensorium message to another of her clade. “Do you think that Ioan will tell anyone?”</p>
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<p>The fox retrieved its paw from Codrin’s hand, choosing instead to wave it up at the sky. <em>“This is the first time that I have been to this sim. It is yours, is it not, Mr. Brahe?”</em></p>
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<p>The fox retrieved its paw from Codrin’s hand, choosing instead to wave it up at the sky. <em>“This is the first time that I have been to this sim. It is yours, is it not, Mr. Brahe?”</em></p>
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<p>The astronomer nodded.</p>
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<p>The astronomer nodded.</p>
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<p><em>“It is truly a delightful place. I have stars in the sim where my partners and I live, but they are the familiar constellations that we remember from our time on Earth, though certainly more stars than I ever saw in the Central Corridor”</em></p>
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<p><em>“It is truly a delightful place. I have stars in the sim where my partners and I live, but they are the familiar constellations that we remember from our time on Earth, though certainly more stars than I ever saw in the Central Corridor”</em></p>
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<p>“We ever saw,” True Name added, laughing. “We got the moon, a few planets, and the brighter constellations such as Orion and Ursa Major.”</p>
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<p>“<em>We</em> ever saw,” True Name added, laughing. “We got the moon, a few planets, and the brighter constellations.”</p>
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<p><em>“Yes,”</em> Dear said with a hint of a bow. <em>“This, however, is incredible. We are seeing the stars as if there were a glass dome over our heads. They do not twinkle. The constellations are not quite as I remember them. We are sitting beneath the universe, it feels, and above us lies eternity.</em></p>
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<p><em>“Yes,”</em> Dear said with a hint of a bow. <em>“This, however, is incredible. We are seeing the stars as if there were a glass dome over our heads. They do not twinkle. The constellations are not quite as I remember them. We are sitting beneath the universe, it feels, and above us lies eternity.</em></p>
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<p><em>“You must forgive me for monologuing, it is an old habit, but when I think about what is happening, when I hear about Artemisians and emissaries, about the I feel every minute of that eternity. I feel every molecule of that universe. You ask how I feel, and I would say that I feel small. Insignificant, even. We have been on our journey for twenty years and have made it only seven-and-change light-days from Earth. How much of that eternity must they have been traveling?”</em></p>
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<p><em>“You must forgive me for monologuing, it is an old habit, but when I think about what is happening, when I hear about Artemisians and emissaries, I feel every minute of that eternity. I feel every molecule of that universe. You ask how I feel, and I would say that I feel small. Insignificant, even. We have been on our journey for twenty years and have made it only seven-and-change light-days from Earth. How much of that eternity must they have been traveling?”</em></p>
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<p>A thoughtful silence followed the fox’s short speech. It was Sarah who finally interrupted it, lifting her glass much as True Name had. “To eternity and the weight of the universe.”</p>
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<p>A thoughtful silence followed the fox’s short speech. It was Sarah who finally interrupted it, lifting her glass much as True Name had. “To eternity and the weight of the universe.”</p>
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<p>Dear sat up and clapped its paws, grinning brightly. <em>“I am pleased that you are going on this excursion, Ms. Genet. What a perfect toast.”</em></p>
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<p>Dear sat up and clapped its paws, grinning brightly. <em>“I am pleased that you are going on this excursion, Ms. Genet. What a perfect toast.”</em></p>
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<p>They all laughed once again, raising their cups toward the single flame in the center of the table.</p>
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<p>They all laughed once again, raising their cups toward the single flame in the center of the table.</p>
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