From d82fc14648e1a3793c21b85ac3ed9ec19a2a8080 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Madison Scott-Clary Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 22:15:20 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update from sparkleup --- writing/post-self/selected-letters/008.html | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/writing/post-self/selected-letters/008.html b/writing/post-self/selected-letters/008.html index df47661b7..72e6009de 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/selected-letters/008.html +++ b/writing/post-self/selected-letters/008.html @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@

And yet that’s not all the Odists do, and, apparently, it’s not all we do, either. They have their secret, long-lived selves, those who drift away from who they used to be, and they fork often enough to work on a task. Their instances will linger to track a task from start to finish and then they’ll merge back down, just as we did.

All this by way of greeting. Ioan and I have flipped a coin as to who would be the one to send this email, for even though ey’s listed as the sole author, that I am borne from the work that went into Individuation and Reconciliation — and indeed was em for much of its writing — gave me some claim over writing this.

Attached is the full transcript. This is one that I’d like to be very careful with given its contents. The ways in which it will affect the entirety of the Ode, Jonas, and Bălan clades are too complicated to wholly understand, so the more input we can have on it, the better.

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Through a winding series of events following the ordeal between Sasha and Jonas, then between Sasha and the rest of the Ode clade, we’ve found use for yet another one of us. I chose the name ‘Aurel’ mostly on a whim, as well as in response to some gentle ribbing about gender from a few people now. I guess dressing like a A name with diminutives that can head masculine with ‘Aurică’ or feminine with ‘Aurica’ seemed like a simple way to explore that a bit more. As I’ve stated in the past, I like being a Ioan and have never enjoyed ‘Ioana’ (two many bad memories from school, perhaps?), but we’re nothing if not deliberate, right?

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Through a winding series of events following the ordeal between Sasha and Jonas, then between Sasha and the rest of the Ode clade, we’ve found use for yet another one of us. I chose the name ‘Aurel’ mostly on a whim, as well as in response to some gentle ribbing about gender from a few people now. A name with diminutives that can head masculine with ‘Aurică’ or feminine with ‘Aurica’ seemed like a simple way to explore that a bit more. As I’ve stated in the past, I like being a Ioan and have never enjoyed ‘Ioana’ (two many bad memories from school, perhaps?), but we’re nothing if not deliberate, right?

I will likely only be around off and on, forked as needed to track an intermittent identity, so if at all possible, avoid individual eyes-only material for me. I don’t know if quitting and merging back down, then forking again will let me access eyes-only stuff should it arrive after the fact. I’ll be testing that over the next time I merge back down, and I’ll let you know the results. There’s some info on the perisystem feeds, but not as much as I would like, so, better safe than sorry.

Separate letters for each of you to follow.

SORINA BĂLAN INDIVIDUAL-EYES-ONLY MATERIAL

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Aurel Bălan