Ey knit eir brow, taking a sip of coffee. “Is today the day, then?”
“May Then My Name thinks so, but we were also waiting for you to join us to make sure.”
“Well, if it were solely up to me, I’d just spin my wheels worrying about it until we ran out of time, so I suppose I’m alright with it. What all will go into it?”
-“Well,” True Name began, a fork appearing next to her. “First I fork.”
-The new instance of True Name bowed. “And I will return to my tent in the interim,” she said before waving goodbye and padding back out through her room.
-“And then we will set up a space for me to rest in the meanwhile, and then I suppose that is all there is to it. May will fork and quit and I will process the merge.”
+“Well,” True Name began, a fork appearing next to her. “First I fork and she will head to the tent.”
+The new instance of True Name bowed. “Then the perilous path was planted, And a river and a spring On every cliff and tomb,” she said before waving goodbye and padding back out through her room.
+Ioan stared after the departing skunk and shook eir head. “You guys are so weird.”
+They both laughed.
+“And then we will set up a space for me to rest in the meanwhile,” True Name continued. “And then I suppose that is all there is to it. May Then My Name will fork and quit and I will process the merge.”
“And your fork is just there in case something goes wrong?”
“Or if the result is not acceptable.”
Ey frowned. “‘Not acceptable’?”
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@The skunk rolled until she was resting nearly face down against eir thigh to let em pet. “I do not know,” she mumbled. “I do not think even she knows.”