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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>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>Yared would upload, or he would not.</p>
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<p>Yared would upload, or he would not.</p>
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<p>The DDR would care, or it would not.</p>
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<p>The DDR would care, or it would not.</p>
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<p>Earth would dream of them, there on the System, or it would not.</p>
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<p>Earth would dream of them, up there on the System, or it would not.</p>
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<p>The only thing, the only important thing, was to ensure continuity. A continuity borne of safety, of stability, and of an intense desire not to let the System come to harm. It had to be desired, prized, cherished by all those who stayed behind.</p>
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<p>The only thing, the only important thing, was to ensure continuity. A continuity borne of safety, of stability, and of an intense desire not to let the System come to harm. It had to be desired, prized, cherished by all those who stayed behind.</p>
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<p>As she ruminated on this, the need to be desired as a form of stability, a memory bubbled up to the surface, spun around once, twice, and then came into focus.</p>
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<p>As she ruminated on this, the need to be desired as a form of stability, a memory bubbled up to the surface, spun around once, twice, and then came into focus.</p>
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<p>A memory: <em>“Two thirds of our power structure still thinks child restrictions are a good enough idea that those laws have bled into Russia, too.”</em></p>
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<p>A memory: <em>“Two thirds of our power structure still thinks child restrictions are a good enough idea that those laws have bled into Russia, too.”</em></p>
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<p>“I suppose that makes me Do I Know God After The End Waking.”</p>
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<p>“I suppose that makes me Do I Know God After The End Waking.”</p>
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<p>She nodded.</p>
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<p>She nodded.</p>
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<p>“I suppose someone had to wind up with the name with a typo in it,” the other skunk smirked.</p>
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<p>“I suppose someone had to wind up with the name with a typo in it,” the other skunk smirked.</p>
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<p>“Everyone gets something, yes,” True Name said, leaning forward to pluck the dandelion from behind End Waking’s ear to add it to the one already behind hers. “Let us start with some differences. I do not want you looking too much like me, so that we can work separately.”</p>
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<p>“Everyone gets something, yes,” True Name said, plucking the dandelion from behind End Waking’s ear and leaning forward to add it to the one already behind hers. “Let us start with some differences. I do not want you looking too much like me, so that we can work separately.”</p>
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<p>End Waking nodded, thought for a moment, and then forked several times in quick succession to lead to greater and greater differences, until a new Odist stood before her, new in all ways. Masculine, kind-faced, dressed in a business-casual outfit that retained both the competency and friendliness that Praiseworthy had helped her attain.</p>
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<p>End Waking nodded, thought for a moment, and then forked several times in quick succession to lead to greater and greater differences, until a new Odist stood before her, new in all ways. Masculine, kind-faced, dressed in a business-casual outfit that retained both the competency and friendliness that Praiseworthy had helped her attain.</p>
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<p>“If you think this is acceptable, we can start strategizing.”</p>
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<p>“If you think this is acceptable, we can start strategizing.”</p>
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<p>True Name nodded, and the two skunks walked to her office.</p>
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<p>True Name nodded, and the two skunks walked to her office.</p>
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<p>He tilted his head. “How come?”</p>
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<p>He tilted his head. “How come?”</p>
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<p>“I always find it surprising,” True Name sighed. “Just how quickly one can deviate from one’s down-tree instance after all that forking.”</p>
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<p>“I always find it surprising,” True Name sighed. “Just how quickly one can deviate from one’s down-tree instance after all that forking.”</p>
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<p>“Of course. You have been thinking your thoughts while I have my own.”</p>
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<p>“Of course. You have been thinking your thoughts while I have my own.”</p>
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<p>She nodded. “Yes. We are quickly reaching the point where our efforts both sys- and phys-side happening all at once are reaching levels that might be considered uncomfortable in retrospect. If we can minimize our impact, then we should minimize our impact. Same date for the Council, same date for Jonas, same date for other Odists.”</p>
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<p>She nodded. “Yes. We are quickly reaching the point where our efforts both sys- and phys-side happening all at once are reaching levels that might be considered uncomfortable in retrospect. If we can minimize our visible impact, then we should do so. Same date for the Council, same date for Jonas, same date for other Odists.”</p>
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<p>“Mm, probably a good idea. I forked in 2143, then.”</p>
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<p>“Mm, probably a good idea. I forked in 2143, then.”</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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<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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