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<p>Codrin nodded as ey wrote. “Alright. Are you okay if I start asking questions, then?”</p>
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<p>“Of course, ask away.”</p>
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<p>“First of all, and I’m not sure how well this applies to a dispersionista such as yourself, but did you — No Jonas — leave an instance back on the L<sub>5</sub> System?”</p>
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<p>“Oh, sure. There didn’t seem to be any reason not to, you know? I figure there’s enough of us Jonases up here to have our fun, and plenty back down down on the System to keep things interesting.”</p>
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<p>“Oh, sure. There didn’t seem to be any reason not to, you know? I figure there’s enough of us Jonases up here to have our fun, and plenty back down on the System to keep things interesting.”</p>
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<p>“Did any of you invest entirely in the Launch?”</p>
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<p>“Yeah, a few of the A branch did. And before you ask, plenty stayed behind, too. It was all pretty well organized. We figured out who was doing what and then followed the plan.”</p>
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<p>“Was there any particular rhyme or reason to it?”</p>
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<p><strong>May Then My Name:</strong> If you hurry, yes. I am already frothing at the mouth.</p>
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<p><strong>Douglas:</strong> Are you and Ioan in a relationship? I’m sorry if it’s impertinent, feel free not to answer.</p>
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<p><strong>May Then My Name:</strong> It is not impertinent, but there is no easy answer. If ey asks if I would like that, I will say yes. If ey does not, I will still be content to be eir friend.</p>
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<p><strong>May Then My Name:</strong> And if he does not know one way or another, as I suspect, I will ensure that ey makes the decision on eir own terms.</p>
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<p><strong>May Then My Name:</strong> And if ey does not know one way or another, as I suspect, I will ensure that ey makes the decision on eir own terms.</p>
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<p><strong>Douglas:</strong> You won’t ask em yourself?</p>
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<p><strong>May Then My Name:</strong> No. It is quite important that ey ask me, and not the other way around.</p>
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<p><strong>Douglas:</strong> Why, though?</p>
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<p><strong>May Then My Name:</strong> Two reasons. One: the one with the greater restrictions in a relationsip wins out, and I will say yes to almost anything and anyone. Ey would not. It is thus on em to make the choice Two: if ey really does not know, I will gain an absolutely enormous amount of satisfaction out of teasing em afterwards.</p>
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<p><strong>May Then My Name:</strong> Two reasons. One: the one with the greater restrictions in a relationship wins out, and I will say yes to almost anything and anyone. Ey would not. It is thus on em to make the choice Two: if ey really does not know, I will gain an absolutely enormous amount of satisfaction out of teasing em afterwards.</p>
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<p><strong>Douglas:</strong> Of course you would.</p>
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<p><strong>May Then My Name:</strong> I am pleased that you have come to understand me so well.</p>
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<p><strong>May Then My Name:</strong> Now, I am getting froth everywhere, so I will have to run.</p>
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<p><em>One more walk around the station,</em> he thought. <em>Then I’ll get to bed. January can’t come soon enough.</em></p>
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<p>What would this place look like, after seceding from the rest of the world? What would a land — if such could be said of the System — of those who had already seceded from the rest of humanity look like? How many would notice and rejoice? How many would notice and hate every second of it? How many would notice and not care, and how many would not even know that it had happened? That it had even been on the table?</p>
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<p>Would they build differently? Perhaps they would stop bringing along with them the structures of their pasts. Perhaps there would be fewer office buildings and more cabins in the woods. More idyllic houses. More mountain landscapes and main streets of cute towns with hole-in-the-wall restaurants that no one knew about and yet which served the best curry, the best hot dog, the best cupcakes that one could possibly imagine.</p>
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<p>Would they live differently, love differently? Perhaps they would still pair up as always they had. Maybe, when they picked up feelings for someone, they would fork to have a separate relationship with them as well. Maybe collectives of families would live together as they always had, finding comfort as much in each other as in their chosen relatives. Maybe a taboo would grow around having a relationship with oneself, of forked instances living together and loving each other. Would that be narcissism forever, or only before individuation? Would it be incest?</p>
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<p>Would they chose life? Choose death? Would they pray?</p>
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<p>Would they choose life? Choose death? Would they pray?</p>
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<p>She knew that it would happen, of course. Secession. She shared none of Yared’s dread, his pessimism. This was fine. She was the politician, he was the puppet. She saw the big picture laid out before her in her sign, her sigil. He would handle the pessimism, her the optimism.</p>
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<p>No, not optimism; surety.</p>
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<p>The bill would pass, the System would secede, the station launch would go off without a hitch. The bill could not but pass, the System was bound to secede, and the station launch was as safe as could be.</p>
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<p>“2143. Got it.” True Name smiled. “Thank you for this. I think it will work out quite well for us in the end.”</p>
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