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<p>&ldquo;You know, I&rsquo;ve always wondered,&rdquo; ey said, getting an arm around her. &ldquo;Why did the most political stanza of the clade stay skunks? Wouldn&rsquo;t it be more effective to be humans? It&rsquo;s not like the majority of folks on the Systems are furries.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Only three of the ten are skunks anymore, and you have met all three. Besides, I think End Waking is the only one of the three of us who has not spent time in human form. Some of me in other relationships were &mdash; or perhaps are &mdash; humans. I spent six months with you in that form, even. Remember?&rdquo;</p>
<p>Ey nodded. &ldquo;It was pretty weird.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;For both of us, yes. I like being what I am! Short, chubby, soft, furry&hellip;it is just that these are all things that are disarming to a great many people,&rdquo; she said, poking at her own belly. &ldquo;Even skunks, despite their reputation for smelling bad, are more often seen as bumbling, stupid creatures.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;For both of us, yes. I like being what I am! Short, chubby, soft, furry,&rdquo; she said, poking at her own belly. &ldquo;It is just that these are all things that are disarming to a great many people. Even skunks, despite their reputation for smelling bad, are more often seen as bumbling, stupid creatures.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t call you stupid, May. Bumbling, though&hellip;&rdquo;</p>
<p>She rolled her eyes. &ldquo;Thank you, I think? But yes, even bumbling is a calculated gesture to be inoffensive.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;End Waking said similar.&rdquo; Ey dug through eir exocortices until ey came up with the line, &ldquo;&rdquo;Were you amused by the absent minded way that I made tea? The way I just puttered around, doing this, then that, as though I kept remembering that I needed first wood, then water, then mugs?&rdquo; He said it was a matter of intent.&rdquo;</p>
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<p>&ldquo;Oh, right.&rdquo; Ey shrugged. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s just like&hellip;a coworker one is friends with. There are contexts that I enjoy her company in, but it&rsquo;s not like I&rsquo;m inviting her over for the holidays.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Which is good,&rdquo; she said, grinning. &ldquo;I am sure that I will get to the point where she and I can coexist in the same space without either of us feeling bad, but sharing Christmas dinner with her would be far too much.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Ey nodded and tightened eir arm around her, kissing between her ears. &ldquo;Same, I think. Thanks for reminding me, though. I should probably get up and get that started.</p>
<p>They both slid out of the bed to complete their morning routines: Ioan to make another pot of coffee and prepare breakfast while May went through her grooming routine, then eating, a shower for em while she worked on her monologue.</p>
<p>They both slid out of the bed to complete their morning tasks: Ioan to make another pot of coffee and prepare breakfast while May went through her grooming routine, then eating, a shower for em while she worked on her monologue.</p>
<p>The dinner itself wasn&rsquo;t onerous, a stew of pork &mdash; ey&rsquo;d been raised on a version with lamb, which May hadn&rsquo;t liked &mdash; tomatoes, and mushrooms in a garlicky, paprika-filled gravy. Still, it benefited from a longer cooking time, so ey began that after eir shower and set it to simmering.</p>
<p>After that, they set some music to playing &mdash; the overlap of what they enjoyed wasn&rsquo;t large, but piano jazz seemed to work for both of them &mdash; and set to work on whatever it was that was occupying their minds.</p>
<p>Or tried to, at least.</p>