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<p>Once spring began to tickle at the nose and before the oppressive heat began to drift lazily in over the lilacs and dandelions, this was the time for those who are in love to drag a thick blanket out to that abandoned mountain sim, park atop that rock by the lake, and share sandwiches and fizzy drinks. This was the time for stretching out in the sun, laying back on the blanket, beside each other, hand in paw, sharing in small silences and comfortable conversation.</p>
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<p>“What do you think of Codrin’s grand gesture, my dear?”</p>
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<p>“Mm? Moving to the DMZ? Convergence, or whatever they’re calling it?”</p>
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<p>The skunk nodded, turning her head to the side to poke her nose against his cheek. “I am also curious as to your thoughts on Convergence, but tell me about Codrin, first, as a Bălan.”</p>
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<p>The skunk nodded, turning her head to the side to poke her nose against eir cheek. “I am also curious as to your thoughts on Convergence, but tell me about Codrin, first, as a Bălan.”</p>
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<p>Ey laughed. “Well, alright. I think it was a pretty good one, all told. It was very…em. Bringing them together to make a formal announcement of “we’re moving to convergence” is an incredibly Bălan thing to do. Still, I’m glad ey was able to manage, and I think they’ll do well there. Ey certainly seems to have enjoyed eir time with the Artemisians, so I’m glad ey’s going to do more than just visit with them across a border.”</p>
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<p>“Really? Ey gave an actual announcement?” May giggled, giving eir hand a squeeze in her paw. “You are such fucking nerds.”</p>
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<p>“That’s nerdy even for me, I think.”</p>
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<p>The skunk grinned, dotting her nose to eirs. “I do not see how they could not, my dear. Is that not what exploration is? Do we not both dream?”</p>
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<p><em>Convergence T-plus 10 days, 15 hours, 42 minutes</em></p>
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<p>The decision to send a fork along to Artemis had gone over better than ey had expected. Eir partners had initially bridled at the idea of em — or at least an instance of em — moving on without them, but when ey explained that that fork would miss them dreadfully and could also to quit at any time in case ey began to miss eir family too much, they relaxed.</p>
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<p><em>“While I do not wish to see you test whether or not you will be able to get over missing us,”</em> Dear had said. <em>“I recognize the impulse to explore and advance ones own knowledge.”</em></p>
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<p>The decision to send a fork along to Artemis had gone over better than ey had expected. Eir partners had initially bridled at the idea of em — or at least an instance of em — moving on without them, but when ey explained that that fork would miss them dreadfully and could also quit at any time in case ey began to miss eir family too much, they relaxed.</p>
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<p><em>“While I do not wish to see you test whether or not you will be able to get over missing us,”</em> Dear had said. <em>“I recognize the impulse to explore and advance one’s own knowledge.”</em></p>
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<p>“Oh, I don’t know,” eir other partner had responded. “I wish that Codrin the best of luck. Perhaps it will become a case of em picking another name and growing a new identity.”</p>
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<p>At that, Dear had clapped its paws. <em>“Yes! Yes, I can see that. Were that to be the case, my love, what name would you choose?”</em></p>
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<p>Ey had laughed and shrugged. “I don’t know yet, but I think you may be right that this is an inflection point similar to the one from forty years back.”</p>
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<p>And so here ey was, up early one morning before both of eir partners — Dear had grumbled sleepily at em when ey slipped away — standing beside a cairn with a mug of coffee, thinking about changes and a future alone.</p>
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<p><em>I can quit when I want, if I need,</em> ey thought. <em>If it gets to be too much, I need answer to no one and can quit when I want. That will be proof enough of my love.</em></p>
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<p>There were still several weeks still within Ansible range, but something about this morning felt like now was the time for big decisions, for big changes. A dream, perhaps? Ey didn’t remember eir dreams, but perhaps it was one of those ones that lingered beneath the subconscious, making itself known only through the acts one takes throughout the day.</p>
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<p>There were several weeks still within Ansible range, but something about this morning felt like now was the time for big decisions, for big changes. A dream, perhaps? Ey didn’t remember eir dreams, but perhaps it was one of those ones that lingered beneath the subconscious, making itself known only through the acts one takes throughout the day.</p>
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<p>Ey nodded decisively and dumped out the dregs of eir coffee, waving the mug away so that ey could walk without littering the prairie with dishes.</p>
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<p>One step away from the cairn, ey forked, and a new Codrin fell into lockstep beside em. Each step after that, each footfall that hit the earth, eir new instance began to change, forking nearly in place to bring each change to reality as the two of em made their way to the next cairn out into the prairie.</p>
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<p>Eir hair grew straighter, only some slight waviness remaining.</p>
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<p>“I asked Sarah to help me write up the events into another book, but while we do that, she’s going to teach me more about therapy and what goes into listening more deliberately one-on-one. Not a huge career change, but a good one, I hope.”</p>
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<p><em>“Really? A therapist? You are not going to be a librarian with all this new knowledge?”</em></p>
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<p>“Nah, leave that to the other Codrin. Leave it to the university.” Ey laughed as the fox kept cavorting. “I’ll take some classes, talk with Sarah, and see where it goes. Everyone kept talking about how grounding I was, and I liked that. I like just being with people and listening to them.”</p>
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<p>“You <em>are</em> grounding, Codrin,” eir partner said. “It’ll a good move for you.”</p>
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<p>“You <em>are</em> grounding, Codrin,” eir partner said. “It’ll be a good move for you.”</p>
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<p>Ey grinned, caught the original Dear in the middle of a spin, and hauled the fox onto the couch with em.</p>
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<p><em>“Do you have any other surprises up your sleeves? If you do, I shall simply have to growl and froth like a rabid beast.”</em></p>
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<p>“No, I promise that’s it for now.”</p>
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<p><em>“Lame.”</em></p>
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<p>“Shush, Dear. What our our next steps, Codrin?”</p>
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<p>“Shush, Dear. What are our next steps, Codrin?”</p>
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<p>Ey shrugged. “Ask about and see what goes into moving an entire sim into Convergence. Talk with Sarah. Start compiling notes. Ensure Sorina’s settling in okay.”</p>
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<p>They nodded.</p>
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<p>“And probably throw a party. Smaller than for Launch, just friends, but there simply must be champagne.”</p>
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<p>Page generated on 2022-03-16</p>
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