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<p>She shrugged. “I am guessing, here, but I think that that was intended to say to phys-side, “What is most important to us right now is the ‘what’, rather than the ‘why’, except inasmuch as the ‘why’ might help illuminate the ‘what’.” It is a way of saying, “We will have talks on whether you fucked up or we were attacked soon, but not until we know the full status of the System.”“</p>
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<p>She shrugged. “I am guessing, here, but I think that that was intended to say to phys-side, “What is most important to us right now is the ‘what’, rather than the ‘why’, except inasmuch as the ‘why’ might help illuminate the ‘what’.” It is a way of saying, “We will have talks on whether you fucked up or we were attacked soon, but not until we know the full status of the System.”“</p>
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<p>I shook my head. “None of this makes any sense, but neither did all of the politics stuff in the <em>History</em>, so I guess that’s par for the course. You certainly seem to know plenty, even if it’s not your area of expertise.”</p>
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<p>I shook my head. “None of this makes any sense, but neither did all of the politics stuff in the <em>History</em>, so I guess that’s par for the course. You certainly seem to know plenty, even if it’s not your area of expertise.”</p>
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<p>“Unfortunately,” she grumbled. “Regrettably. Unwittingly.”</p>
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<p>“Unfortunately,” she grumbled. “Regrettably. Unwittingly.”</p>
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<p>“At least you can translate for us poor peons,” Sedge said, grinning. “But come on, I want to get back to Marsh’s. This place is neat and all, but I need cozy more than anything. Maybe we can gather the others for dinner.”</p>
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<p>“At least you can translate for us poor peons,” Sedge said, grinning. </p>
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<p>Dry Grass smirked. “Yes, yes. But come, let us get back to Marsh’s. This place has its uses, but I need cozy more than anything. Maybe we can gather the others for dinner.”</p>
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<p>We sat around the table, saying nothing, each doubtless lost in our own thoughts. The decision to pare down our dinner hadn’t been made unilaterally, but in fits and starts.</p>
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<p>We sat around the table, saying nothing, each doubtless lost in our own thoughts. The decision to pare down our dinner hadn’t been made unilaterally, but in fits and starts.</p>
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<p>Lily, of course, had stepped away almost immediately. Although she appeared to have made the decision to reconcile with Dry Grass, that didn’t mean that she didn’t have to put any work into it. She still had her anger, her resentment for what she felt that the Odists had done in their shaping of the System and its history, their role in Marsh uploading in the first place, and for that, I could hardly fault her. I had had my own feelings over the years that had lingered, that I had bathed in helplessly, struggling to escape the odd comforts of depression or angst or anger. I could hardly expect her to climb free immediately.</p>
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<p>We arrived back in Marsh’s study quickly enough, finding it far more full than when we had left. The initial offer of dinner was well received, but the longer we talked about it, the more that seemed to cool. </p>
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<p>Lily, of course, had stepped away almost immediately after we’d arrived. Although she appeared to have made the decision to reconcile with Dry Grass, that didn’t mean that she didn’t have to put any work into it. She still had her anger, her resentment for what she felt that the Odists had done in their shaping of the System and its history, their role in Marsh uploading in the first place, and for that, I could hardly fault her. I had had my own feelings over the years that had lingered, that I had bathed in helplessly, struggling to escape the odd comforts of depression or angst or anger. I could hardly expect her to climb free immediately.</p>
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<p>“I do not blame her, either,” Dry Grass had said shortly after she stepped away and I voiced these thoughts. “It is not comfortable, to be clear. I do not like that she hates me. My role — the role of my whole stanza — is to revel in feelings of motherhood. I saw myself as mother to the System on a very real, very mechanical level, back when I was working as a syseng. To have a citizen of the very System I love hate me is perilously close to having a child hate me.”</p>
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<p>“I do not blame her, either,” Dry Grass had said shortly after she stepped away and I voiced these thoughts. “It is not comfortable, to be clear. I do not like that she hates me. My role — the role of my whole stanza — is to revel in feelings of motherhood. I saw myself as mother to the System on a very real, very mechanical level, back when I was working as a syseng. To have a citizen of the very System I love hate me is perilously close to having a child hate me.”</p>
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<p>Sedge had was the next to turn down the invitation.</p>
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<p>“I’m feeling stretched really thin, all of that research over the last few days. I love it, don’t get me wrong, I just can’t think anymore,” she’d said, shoulders slumping. “My brain has turned to mush and I just kinda want to find a really dark sim and stare at nothing.”</p>
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<p>“I’m feeling stretched really thin, all of that research over the last few days. I love it, don’t get me wrong, I just can’t think anymore,” she’d said, shoulders slumping. “My brain has turned to mush and I just kinda want to find a really dark sim and stare at nothing.”</p>
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<li class="done1"> Part 2 — Phys-side is being a little sketchy about what happened, turns out there was a reset and a lot of work behind the scenes after a coordinated attack between phys- and sys-side, taking the form of a generalized weapon that wiped out most of the System. Large chunks of it were restored after a lot of work and help from the Artemisians, but not total success — virus loophole was fixed (incl singular attacks), but no guarantee there won’t be another work-around, plans to split the System into smaller pieces, move some of them to Earth/Sun Lagrange points<ul>
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<li class="done1"> Part 2 — Phys-side is being a little sketchy about what happened, turns out there was a reset and a lot of work behind the scenes after a coordinated attack between phys- and sys-side, taking the form of a generalized weapon that wiped out most of the System. Large chunks of it were restored after a lot of work and help from the Artemisians, but not total success — virus loophole was fixed (incl singular attacks), but no guarantee there won’t be another work-around, plans to split the System into smaller pieces, move some of them to Earth/Sun Lagrange points<ul>
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<li class="done1"> <a href="007.html">007</a> — Dry Grass loops Reed & co into discussion with phys-side engineers (halt called to the communication embargo between stanzas) Huddle to talk about why they’re being so cagey</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="007.html">007</a> — Dry Grass loops Reed & co into discussion with phys-side engineers (halt called to the communication embargo between stanzas) Huddle to talk about why they’re being so cagey</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="008.html">008</a> — Talking with Dry Grass, Cress, and Tule about feelings</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="008.html">008</a> — Talking with Dry Grass, Cress, and Tule about feelings</li>
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<li class="done0"> <a href="009.html">009</a> — Larger meeting with other representatives of clades with missing members, bit more info (loophole was patched, but no guarantee), introducing concept of splitting the System up, cross-clade merges, turns out someone was left with memories from a few previous attempts</li>
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<li class="done0"> <a href="009.html">009</a> — Larger meeting with other representatives of clades with missing members, bit more info (loophole was patched, but no guarantee), introducing concept of splitting the System up, cross-clade merges, turns out someone was left with memories from a few previous attempts</li>
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<li class="done0"> <a href="010.html">010</a> — Clade representatives form a group, start organizing/strategizing/investigating, contacted by chill phys-side systech, learning even more about both what happened WRT CPV bomb and collectives, plus how phys-side is seeing things</li>
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<li class="done0"> <a href="010.html">010</a> — Clade representatives form a group, start organizing/strategizing/investigating, contacted by chill phys-side systech, learning even more about both what happened WRT CPV bomb and collectives, plus how phys-side is seeing things</li>
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