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<h1 id="ioan-balan-2346">Ioan Bălan — 2346</h1>
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<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="err">Convergence T-1 day, 16 hours, 21 minutes (transmission delay: 7.23 days)</span>
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<p>The dinner that Do I Know God After The End Waking had prepared for them was…rustic. That was the first term that ey had come up with to describe it, and no matter how else Ioan tried to nail it down further, ey was left with little else that fit.</p>
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<h1 id="codrin-balancastor-2346">Codrin Bălan#Castor — 2346</h1>
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<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="err">Convergence T-2 days, 6 hours, 44 minutes</span>
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<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="err">Convergence T-3 days, 6 hours, 44 minutes</span>
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<p>The pattern-matching portion of eir mind could not stop making comparisons between this and previous projects ey had been involved in with the Odists. <em>On the Perils of Memory</em> had been a fairly disorganized affair, begun hastily and over far too soon, leaving the conclusion feeling outsized for the duration of the events at hand. <em>An Expanded History of Our World</em> (or <em>On the Origin of Our World</em> when taken with May Then My Name’s <em>An Expanded Mythology of Our World</em>) had been a vast, sprawling affair that was fairly well organized throughout, though transmission times toward the end had begun to hinder coordination.</p>
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<h1 id="codrin-balancastor-2346">Codrin Bălan#Castor — 2346</h1>
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<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="err">Convergence T-2 days, 5 hours, 21 minutes</span>
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<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="err">Convergence T-3 days, 5 hours, 21 minutes</span>
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<p>Codrin was pleased to see that some magic wrought by the Ansible engineers both here on Castor and their counterparts over on Artemis allowed the Artemisians to assume what must be their natural forms and that they weren’t greeted by a gaggle of Douglases. Ey’d never seen Douglas, but it would have been unnerving and difficult to differentiate them. They’d even come wearing clothes — those who wore them, at least, this Iska and Artante Diria — which ey supposed they would appreciate. One of those benefits of System-to-System Ansibles that they’d enjoyed on their transit from Legrange to LVs, as well.</p>
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<h1 id="codrin-balancastor-2346">Codrin Bălan#Castor — 2346</h1>
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<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="err">Convergence T-1 day, 1 hour, 15 minutes</span>
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<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="err">Convergence T-2 days, 1 hour, 15 minutes</span>
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<p>True Name’s ability to keep a steady, half-smiling expression was admirable. Even Why Ask Questions appeared to be only just barely keeping frustration at bay.</p>
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<p>Despite the excitement, the talks remained surprisingly banal. Even when the topic of the Odists’ deception and the troubles that True Name#Artemis still suffered on Artemis, the talks still felt like a political summit. The conference was still a conference, with its cloth-covered table and shitty pens, its uncomfortable chairs and weary participants.</p>
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<p>Ey counted emself among the weariest of them all. Tycho was still in his stride, and Sarah was keeping up well enough, though she remained fairly quiet throughout, focusing on watching rather than speaking or taking notes. Why Ask Questions had proceeded as though the news had never happened, continuing on in her litany of questions around biology and linguistics. In fact, the only one more tired seemed to be True Name.</p>
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<p>There was a tension around the skunk’s eyes, a tightness to the face that ever so slightly drew her lips back. Even when she smiled, her expression remained fixed and rigid.</p>
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<p>It made sense, after all. Acting in the capacity of leader was more than just overseeing the talks, it meant wrangling every conversation, and still managing to keep up her own side of it. Beyond even that, the skunk had been drawn into several conversations alone with Turun Ka over the final hours of the third day, well into the night. Ey hadn’t expected the conference to include anyone but the entirety of both the parties, so ey wasn’t quite sure what to make of this, but none of the other Artemisians seemed unnerved by the leaders stepping aside in half-hour increments to hold what appeared to be — at least from True Name’s expressions — in-depth conversations about very serious topics.</p>
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<p>It made sense, after all. Acting in the capacity of leader was more than just overseeing the talks, it meant wrangling every conversation, and still managing to keep up her own side of it. Beyond even that, the skunk had been drawn into several conversations alone with Turun Ka over the final hours of the third day. Ey hadn’t expected the conference to include anyone but the entirety of both the parties, so ey wasn’t quite sure what to make of this, but none of the other Artemisians seemed unnerved by the leaders stepping aside in half-hour increments to hold what appeared to be — at least from True Name’s expressions — in-depth conversations about very serious topics.</p>
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<p>Sleep brought little relief.</p>
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<p>The beds were comfortable, but empty. There was no wind against glass, no crickets stilled to silence with the passing of some imagined bat. There was no fox to curl around, no soft sounds of breathing.</p>
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<p>Ey plowed through two cups of (thankfully quite good) coffee on the morning of the fourth day, and brought a third with him to the conference table. </p>
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<p>Ey shrugged. “They deserve to know more than just the synopses and sugar-coated aspects of our society. The thing with Answers Will Not Help is something she and True Name dreamt up, but not representative of us as a whole. We’re more complex as a species than just her, or than even the five of us.”</p>
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<p>Flipping through the pages at the rate of about one per second, Turun Ko said, “A conversation will happen-occur when leaders Turun Ka and True Name return shortly-momentarily. Please wait. Their conversation-discussion is artificial-superficial, intended to give-provide delegates other than leadership options to change-shape outcomes.”</p>
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<p>Ey stared at the firstracer. “You mean–“</p>
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<p>“A step in the process of convergence is assessing the willingness of non-leaders to act other than their leaders might, or even the stated structure of the discussions, in order to forward what they believe the good common to all races,” Artante said. “It allows us to assess the strength of individuality.”</p>
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<p>“A step in the process of convergence is assessing the willingness of non-leaders to act other than their leaders might, or even the stated structure of the discussions, in order to forward what they believe the good common to all races,” Artante said. “It allows us to assess the strength of individuality and self-sacrifice.”</p>
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<p>“Opportunities were provided,” Turun Ko said simply.</p>
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<p>That feeling of being in way over eir head that ey had felt so often during the writing of the <em>History</em> hit em full force once more and, stunned to silence, ey leaned back in eir chair, looking between the Artemisians and Sarah.</p>
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<p>“So,” the psychologist began. “Is this a good step?”</p>
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<h1 id="tycho-braheartemis-2346">Tycho Brahe#Artemis — 2346</h1>
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<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="err">Convergence T-4 days, 1 hour, 2 minutes</span>
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<p>“Alright, are you ready?” True Name said.</p>
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<h1 id="tycho-brahecastor-2346">Tycho Brahe#Castor — 2346</h1>
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<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="err">Convergence T-1 day, 19 hours, 3 minutes</span>
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<p>“Do you eat?” Why Ask Questions asked. “We should probably wrap up shortly for rest, but if you feel the need to eat, we can ensure that you are able to do so.”</p>
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<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="err">Convergence T-1 day, 3 hours, 55 minutes</span>
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<p>“I would like to ask a few questions about forking versus skew,” Tycho said, when a lull between the two parties ran long enough that he felt comfortable doing so.</p>
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<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="err">Convergence T-2 days, 6 hours, 0 minutes</span>
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<p>Arrival.</p>
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<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="err">Convergence T-2 days, 2 hours, 37 minutes</span>
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<p>The Artemisians had continued to fine-tune the new setup of the meeting space for the emissaries, so that the Odists beds were no longer in the same room as their half of the table. Now, there was a small, stone-paved unison room for their half of the table, at the back of which sat a low bench for sitting and talking, as well as a pitcher and glasses of water. To the side of that, a short hallway led to the two unison bedrooms.</p>
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<p>“We would like to ask you about the history of your species.”</p>
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