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<p>Finally, Dry Grass led us down an alleyway, dim and cool, and gestured to a wall. The scene was of two figures sitting at a bar. Given the scale, it was impossible to make out any detail on the figures, though they seemed to be furries of some sort &mdash; one tan and one black and white. Each had a drink, and before them, a wall of bottle stood, still in the process of being built. Dry Grass stood up on her tiptoes and touched her tile to the edge of a bottle, adding a bright glow to a fledgling bottle of whiskey. </p> <p>Finally, Dry Grass led us down an alleyway, dim and cool, and gestured to a wall. The scene was of two figures sitting at a bar. Given the scale, it was impossible to make out any detail on the figures, though they seemed to be furries of some sort &mdash; one tan and one black and white. Each had a drink, and before them, a wall of bottle stood, still in the process of being built. Dry Grass stood up on her tiptoes and touched her tile to the edge of a bottle, adding a bright glow to a fledgling bottle of whiskey. </p>
<p>&ldquo;Here,&rdquo; she said, gesturing us to grab a crate that had been stacked nearby. &ldquo;All of these are just props to help people reach higher. You can probably add your blues to the edge of the lamp. They are not quite the right color for green lamps, but I do not care.&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;Here,&rdquo; she said, gesturing us to grab a crate that had been stacked nearby. &ldquo;All of these are just props to help people reach higher. You can probably add your blues to the edge of the lamp. They are not quite the right color for green lamps, but I do not care.&rdquo;</p>
<p>One by one, we took our turns standing on that box and setting our tiles into place. I reached up as high as I could to flesh out the glowing rim of the green glass-shaded lamp. As soon as my tile touched the edge of the tile Tule had placed, it snapped into place with a satisfying click. It was completely immobile after that. No amount of nudging could get it to slide more perfectly into alignment.</p> <p>One by one, we took our turns standing on that box and setting our tiles into place. I reached up as high as I could to flesh out the glowing rim of the green glass-shaded lamp. As soon as my tile touched the edge of the tile Tule had placed, it snapped into place with a satisfying click. It was completely immobile after that. No amount of nudging could get it to slide more perfectly into alignment.</p>
<p>As she helped Tule up </p> <p>As she helped Cress, the smallest of them, up onto the crate to place her tile, Dry Grass said, &ldquo;Thank you for coming with me on this little jaunt. If I spent any more time at my desk, I was sure that I would lose my mind. That I still have forks doing so is unavoidable, but at least I can get out of the house, yes?&rdquo;</p>
<p>Tule nodded, kissed her on the cheek. &ldquo;For which I&rsquo;m glad. I&rsquo;ve never met anyone more prone to overworking themselves than you.&rdquo;</p>
<p>She laughed. &ldquo;Yes, yes. The whole of the clade is like that, I can promise you that.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Are you ready to talk about what you&rsquo;ve learned?&rdquo; I asked. &ldquo;If you need a bit more time, that&rsquo;s fine, of course.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I am ready. Thank you for giving me a bit of space.&rdquo; Once Cress had finished setting its tile, we all walked back out into the street, back out where the sun shone down on us. &ldquo;We have passed one billion reported missing instances.&rdquo; She held her hand up to forestall the comments that were already coming. &ldquo;That is instances, to be clear, not individuals, and certainly not clades. Many of those who are reported missing were ephemeral; they are one-offs created here and there. The number is high, but I did want to provide that caveat.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Hanne said that one of her friends, Shu, was missing entirely,&rdquo; I said, once the words had sunk in. &ldquo;Similar to Marsh, I mean. It wasn&rsquo;t just that she wasn&rsquo;t responding, it&rsquo;s like she was just never there, like the System didn&rsquo;t know about her.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I have not come across that name off the top of my head, but one of my instances will do a search to confirm and get in touch with Hanne directly, if she would like.&rdquo;</p>
<p>I shrugged. &ldquo;It might be worth asking, at least.&rdquo;</p>
<p>She nodded and gestured us back down to the beach. &ldquo;I will. </p>
<p>(tile sim - talking about current status of the numbers)</p> <p>(tile sim - talking about current status of the numbers)</p>
<p>(Serene&rsquo;s swamp - talking about the current response out in the world)</p> <p>(Serene&rsquo;s swamp - talking about the current response out in the world)</p>
<p>(dandelion field - talking about the Odists, one loss, End Of Endings, though still checking on those who have left the clade, of which there are now a few, no word on E.W.)</p> <p>(dandelion field - talking about the Odists, one loss, End Of Endings, though still checking on those who have left the clade, of which there are now a few, no word on E.W.)</p>