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<p>May’s stint of overflowing only lasted two nights. Something about the change in context, about staying with Sasha instead of Douglas, made everything feel tenuous, though. Ioan found it difficult to sleep on the padded cot that she’d added to the tent, and eventually, she must have grown tired of hearing em toss and turn, for she sleepily climbed out of her own bed and into eirs, curling up with em after confirming that it was alright.</p>
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<p>Awkward, perhaps, but by then ey was too frustrated and exhausted to think of anything else, and the added warmth certainly worked in getting em to sleep, to the point where ey slept in until a ray of sun, creeping slowly, fell across eir face and warmed em awake.</p>
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<p>May’s stint of overflowing only lasted two nights. Something about the change in context, about staying with Sasha instead of Douglas, made everything feel tenuous, though. Ioan found it difficult to sleep on the padded cot that she’d added to the tent, and eventually, she must have grown tired of hearing em toss and turn and perhaps mumble to emself, for she sleepily climbed out of her own bed and into eirs, curling up with em after confirming that it was alright.</p>
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<p>Awkward, perhaps, but by then ey was too frustrated and exhausted to think of anything else, and the added comfort certainly worked in getting em to sleep, to the point where ey slept in until a ray of sun, creeping slowly, fell across eir face and warmed em awake.</p>
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<p>Sasha had apparently woken up earlier in the morning and snuck away, as there was a lukewarm cup of coffee sitting by the edge of eir bed and no skunk to be found.</p>
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<p>Ah well, at least the coffee was good and ey felt better rested than ey had before.</p>
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<p>Ah well, at least the coffee was good (if gritty) and ey felt better rested than ey had before.</p>
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<p>Ey met up with her at the shore of the lake where they talked for a bit, though it was clear that she was antsy to head out into the woods on her own, so ey eventually shooed her off, to which she bowed gratefully and said, “My notes are on my desk. If you get bored, I would appreciate your feedback.”</p>
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<p>Ey spent the rest of the abbreviated day reading through what she’d written, making a mental list of ideas and suggestions to pass on to her when things were a little less hectic.</p>
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<p>That night was much the same, with the two of them talking until it was well and truly dark, then settling into their own beds until sleeplessness led to them curling together in one.</p>
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<p>“You are appropriately keyed to her, dear. I would be surprised if you did.”</p>
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<p>“Mm, fair enough,” ey said, grinding the heels of eir palms against eir eyes. To May, ey sent a ping in response, plus a subvocalized, “<em>You okay?</em>“</p>
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<p>“<em>Better, yes,</em>” came the reply. “<em>I am feeling quite bad about sending you off like that. Not about waking you up, though. You sound cute when you are groggy.</em>“</p>
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<p>Ey snorted, shook eir head. “Yeah, she’s fine,” ey said to Sasha.</p>
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<p>Ey snorted, shook eir head. “Yeah, she’s fine,” ey said.</p>
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<p>Sasha surprised em by joining em on the trek back to the house, saying only, “I have been worried, as well.”</p>
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<p>May greeted them at the balcony with steaming mugs of coffee. She declined a hug, stating that she felt gross, but did at least press her nose to Ioan’s, and then to Sasha’s cheek.</p>
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<p>“Thank you for giving me some space,” she said. “I was not expecting the both of you, but I am happy to see you both all the same.”</p>
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<p>May looked between the two, then laughed. “I take it this setup worked for me taking some space?”</p>
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<p>Ioan shrugged. “Well enough, sure. It’s nice to have another option that isn’t just crashing at Douglas’s.”</p>
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<p>“It was fine, dear,” Sasha added. “If ever either of you need some space, feel free to kick the other down to the tent and I will make it work.”</p>
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<p>“I am glad,” May said. “Earnestly. Ioan is such a solitary person that I did not ever picture having neighbors when I moved in all those years ago. It is nice to have a friend close by.”</p>
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<p>“I am glad,” May said. “Earnestly. Ioan was such a solitary person that I did not ever picture having neighbors when I moved in all those years ago. It is nice to have a friend close by.”</p>
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<p>“Aren’t all of your friends equally close now that–“</p>
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<p>Sasha cut em off, “Ioan, do you remember how I said that I feel others’ presence around me like a weight on my shoulders?”</p>
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<p>Ey nodded.</p>
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<p>“I think it is rather like that, though do correct me if I am wrong, May. Even when I am hiding away in my tent, I am still more present than a friend out of sim is.”</p>
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<p>“Basically,” May said. “Never mind one who knows me so intimately now.”</p>
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<p>Sasha nodded, hesitated, then said, “On that note, are you okay?”</p>
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<p>“I…well,” she began, sighed, and shook her head. “I am upset, and I am disappointed that I am upset. I was so ready to be done with hatred, but I am stuck with yet more of it. More than the experience with Zacharias itself, that is what led to the past few days of tears, even if it was In Dreams that kicked it off. I thought that I was done.”</p>
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<p>“I…well,” she began, sighed, and shook her head. “I am upset, and I am disappointed that I am upset. I was so ready to be done with hatred, but I am stuck with yet more of it. More than the experience with Zacharias itself, that feeling is what led to the past few days of tears, even if it was In Dreams that kicked it off. I thought that I was done.”</p>
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<p>“I understand. I would like to talk with you about him at some point — nothing serious, just strategizing future meltdowns of his. Ioan said he kept trying to force merges on you just to get your attention.”</p>
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<p>May winced. “Ugh, yeah. I have never felt something so intensely…I do not know. It felt like a violation of my personal space on an intangible level. What were you thinking?”</p>
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<p>Sasha tilted her head. “Now? I was going to suggest in a few days time, once you were feeling better.”</p>
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<p>Ey felt May nod against eir cheek. “I am not pushing solitude on you, my dear. Take some coffee and breakfast with you. I do not imagine we will be all that long.”</p>
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<p>Still conscious of her saying that she felt gross, ey patted one of her paws and turned eir head enough to kiss her on the cheek. “Alright, that sounds good.”</p>
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<p>Ey pulled together a breakfast of rolls to go along with a thermos of coffee, got one more nose-press of a kiss with May, and stepped back outside with an instance of Sasha.</p>
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<p>The house had been set up on a portion of the slope that was turned a little toward the east, meaning that they the sun was not yet hitting the balcony. Autumn had gotten chilly enough at night, though, that they decided instead to walk down to the rock lakeside, which would almost certainly be in full sun, even if it was less comfortable that the deck chairs.</p>
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<p>The house had been set up on a portion of the slope that was turned a little toward the east, meaning that the sun was not yet hitting the balcony. Autumn had gotten chilly enough at night, though, that they decided instead to walk down to the rock lakeside, which would almost certainly be in full sun, even if it was less comfortable than the deck chairs.</p>
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<p>They sat in silence, drinking their coffee and eating rolls with butter and honey.</p>
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<p>“Do you think you’ll stay?” Ioan said, once the rhythm of the silence made room for conversation.</p>
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<p>“I am too much myself to say that I will stay ‘forever’, but as long as my room is there, as long as you and May are comfortable with me being a part of your lives, I will be happy to call it home. Or at least <em>a</em> home.”</p>
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<p>“I am too much myself to say that I will stay forever, but as long as my room is there, as long as you and May are comfortable with me being a part of your lives, I will be happy to call it home. Or at least <em>a</em> home.”</p>
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<p>“Really? No bigger and brighter things?”</p>
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<p>She laughed and leaned over to touch her nose to eir cheek. “This <em>is</em> bigger and brighter things, dear.”</p>
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<p>“Well, I’m sure we’ll talk about it plenty, but I see no reason not to keep your room about. I don’t know what you overflowing will look like, but if it involves one third solitude and one third getting lost walking sims, I don’t imagine you’ll be around all the time.”</p>
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<p>“Well, I’m sure we’ll talk about it plenty, but I see no reason not to keep your room about. I don’t know what you overflowing will look like, but if it involves two thirds solitude and one third getting lost walking sims, I don’t imagine you’ll be around all the time.”</p>
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<p>“Not at all, no. I will spend my share of time at the tent to be alone or out walking the world. Perhaps I will even ask you to double the rest of the house so that I can be alone somewhere domestic, not just the wild.”</p>
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<p>“Of course.” Ey shrugged, tossing one of eir collected pebbles into the lake. “Besides, I like having you around.”</p>
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<p>“I am pleased to hear that. I had gathered such, but all the same, I would not want to be a bother.”</p>
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<p>“Oh, not at all. It seems like we’re all pretty good at sorting things out when they do come up, so I don’t imagine it’ll get to that point.”</p>
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<p>“And I am not impinging too much on your and May’s relationship?” she asked, holding out her paw for one of eir pebbles. “I am asking her, too, and we will continue to talk together, but I also want to ask you directly.”</p>
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<p>Ey smiled, handing over the pebble. “I don’t think so. So long as we can still have time to ourselves when we need, I’ll be happy.”</p>
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<p>She tossed the pebble out into the water. “Of course, dear.”</p>
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<p>She tossed the pebble out into the water. “Of course, dear.” After a pause, she grinned and added, “She is gushing about you now. She loves you very much, you know.</p>
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<p>“I love her too. I worry, but all I can do is trust her.”</p>
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<p>“Yes. She will not betray that trust. I know to an extent just how much she means to you and to a much greater extent how much you mean to her.”</p>
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<p>They sat in quiet for a while, tossing pebbles into the water until ey ran out.</p>
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<p>“Hey Sasha?”</p>
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<p>“Mm?”</p>
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<p>They walked back, then, hand in paw, following the trail as it dipped down to the water or ducked up into the trees. Back home, back to May, back to whatever it was that life had become.</p>
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