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<p>May&rsquo;s stint of overflowing only lasted two nights. Something about the change in context, about staying with Sasha instead of Douglas, made everything feel tenuous, though. Ioan found it difficult to sleep on the padded cot that she&rsquo;d added to the tent, and eventually, she must have grown tired of hearing em toss and turn and perhaps mumble to emself, for she sleepily climbed out of her own bed and into eirs, curling up with em after confirming that it was alright.</p>
<p>Awkward, perhaps, but by then ey was too frustrated and exhausted to think of anything else, and the added comfort certainly worked in getting em to sleep, to the point where ey slept in until a ray of sun, creeping slowly, fell across eir face and warmed em awake.</p>
<p>May&rsquo;s stint of overflowing only lasted two nights. Something about the change in context, though, about staying with Sasha instead of Douglas, made everything feel tenuous. Ioan found it difficult to sleep on the padded cot that she&rsquo;d added to the tent, and eventually, she must have grown tired of hearing em toss and turn and perhaps mumble to emself, for she sleepily climbed out of her own bed and into eirs, curling up with em after confirming that it was alright.</p>
<p>Unexpected, perhaps, but by then ey was too frustrated and exhausted to think of anything else, and the added comfort certainly worked in getting em to sleep, to the point where ey slept in until a ray of sun, creeping slowly, fell across eir face and warmed em awake.</p>
<p>Sasha had apparently woken up earlier in the morning and snuck away, as there was a lukewarm cup of coffee sitting by the edge of eir bed and no skunk to be found.</p>
<p>Ah well, at least the coffee was good (if gritty) and ey felt better rested than ey had before.</p>
<p>Ey met up with her at the shore of the lake where they talked for a bit, though it was clear that she was antsy to head out into the woods on her own, so ey eventually shooed her off, to which she bowed gratefully and said, &ldquo;My notes are on my desk. If you get bored, I would appreciate your feedback.&rdquo;</p>
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<p>They settled on deck chairs for Sasha&rsquo;s sake and focused on said coffee for a bit, watching the dawn. It was good to be back to coffee that didn&rsquo;t require straining out the occasional percolated ground through one&rsquo;s teeth.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Are you two okay?&rdquo; May said at last.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Tired, but that&rsquo;s easily fixed. Looking forward to a real bed tonight.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Sasha kicked eir shin beneath the table. &ldquo;The tent beds are not <em>that</em> bad.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Sasha poked at eir knee with a dull claw. &ldquo;The tent beds are not <em>that</em> bad.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;No, they&rsquo;re fine, but they still pale in comparison to our bed.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Fine, fine.&rdquo;</p>
<p>May looked between the two, then laughed. &ldquo;I take it this setup worked for me taking some space?&rdquo;</p>
<p>Ioan shrugged. &ldquo;Well enough, sure. It&rsquo;s nice to have another option that isn&rsquo;t just crashing at Douglas&rsquo;s.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;It was fine, dear,&rdquo; Sasha added. &ldquo;If ever either of you need some space, feel free to kick the other down to the tent and I will make it work.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I am glad,&rdquo; May said. &ldquo;Earnestly. Ioan was such a solitary person that I did not ever picture having neighbors when I moved in all those years ago. It is nice to have a friend close by.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I am glad,&rdquo; May said. &ldquo;Earnestly. Ioan was such a solitary creature that I did not ever picture having neighbors when I moved in all those years ago. It is nice to have a friend close by.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Aren&rsquo;t all of your friends equally close now that&ndash;&ldquo;</p>
<p>Sasha cut em off, &ldquo;Ioan, do you remember how I said that I feel others&rsquo; presence around me like a weight on my shoulders?&rdquo;</p>
<p>Sasha cut em off, shaking her head. &ldquo;Ioan, do you remember how I said that I feel others&rsquo; presence around me like a weight on my shoulders?&rdquo;</p>
<p>Ey nodded.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I think it is rather like that, though do correct me if I am wrong, May. Even when I am hiding away in my tent, I am still more present than a friend out of sim is.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Basically,&rdquo; May said. &ldquo;Never mind one who knows me so intimately now.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Sasha nodded, hesitated, then said, &ldquo;On that note, are you okay?&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I&hellip;well,&rdquo; she began, sighed, and shook her head. &ldquo;I am upset, and I am disappointed that I am upset. I was so ready to be done with hatred, but I am stuck with yet more of it. More than the experience with Zacharias itself, that feeling is what led to the past few days of tears, even if it was In Dreams that kicked it off. I thought that I was done.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I understand. I would like to talk with you about him at some point &mdash; nothing serious, just strategizing future meltdowns of his. Ioan said he kept trying to force merges on you just to get your attention.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Sasha nodded, hesitated, then said, &ldquo;On that note, are <em>you</em> okay?&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I&hellip;well,&rdquo; she began, sighed, and shook her head. &ldquo;I am upset, and I am disappointed that I am upset. I was so ready to be done with hatred, but I am stuck with yet more of it. Hatred from In Dreams, hatred in myself. More than the experiences with In Dreams and Zacharias, that feeling is what led to the past few days of tears. I thought that I was done.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I understand. While I am thinking of it, I would like to talk with you about Zacharias at some point &mdash; nothing serious, just strategizing future meltdowns of his. Ioan said he kept trying to force merges on you just to get your attention.&rdquo;</p>
<p>May winced. &ldquo;Ugh, yeah. I have never felt something so intensely&hellip;I do not know. It felt like a violation of my personal space on an intangible level. What were you thinking?&rdquo;</p>
<p>Sasha tilted her head. &ldquo;Now? I was going to suggest in a few days time, once you were feeling better.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Why not? I am already a mess, I am already thinking about him, and after this, I would like more than &lsquo;a few days time&rsquo; completely disengaged from the topic.&rdquo; She giggled, adding, &ldquo;Besides, the more I have to dump on Sarah the next time I see her the better, right?&rdquo;</p>
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<p>Ey rested eir cheek against hers and frowned down to eir coffee for a few moments, sighed, then nodded. &ldquo;Alright, but I get the May for the rest of the day, okay?&rdquo;</p>
<p>They both laughed.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Of course, Ioan,&rdquo; Sasha said. &ldquo;If you would like some company out on the balcony or something, I have no such compunctions about forking.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Ey felt May nod against eir cheek. &ldquo;I am not pushing solitude on you, my dear. Take some coffee and breakfast with you. I do not imagine we will be all that long.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Ey felt May nod against eir cheek. &ldquo;I am not pushing further solitude on you, my dear. Take some coffee and breakfast with you. I do not imagine we will be all that long.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Still conscious of her saying that she felt gross, ey patted one of her paws and turned eir head enough to kiss her on the cheek. &ldquo;Alright, that sounds good.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Ey pulled together a breakfast of rolls to go along with a thermos of coffee, got one more nose-press of a kiss with May, and stepped back outside with an instance of Sasha.</p>
<p>The house had been set up on a portion of the slope that was turned a little toward the east, meaning that the sun was not yet hitting the balcony. Autumn had gotten chilly enough at night, though, that they decided instead to walk down to the rock lakeside, which would almost certainly be in full sun, even if it was less comfortable than the deck chairs.</p>
<p>The house had been set up on a portion of the slope that was turned a little toward the east, meaning that the sun was not yet hitting the balcony. Autumn had gotten chilly enough at night, though, that they decided instead to walk down to the boulder lakeside, which would almost certainly be in full sun, even if it was less comfortable than the deck chairs.</p>
<p>They sat in silence, drinking their coffee and eating rolls with butter and honey.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Do you think you&rsquo;ll stay?&rdquo; Ioan said, once the rhythm of the silence made room for conversation.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I am too much myself to say that I will stay forever, but as long as my room is there, as long as you and May are comfortable with me being a part of your lives, I will be happy to call it home. Or at least <em>a</em> home.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Do you think you&rsquo;ll stay, Sasha?&rdquo; Ioan said, once the rhythm of the silence made room for conversation.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I am too much myself to say that I will stay forever, but as long as my room and tent are there, as long as you and May are comfortable with me being a part of your lives, I will be happy to call it home. Or at least <em>a</em> home.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Really? No bigger and brighter things?&rdquo;</p>
<p>She laughed and leaned over to touch her nose to eir cheek. &ldquo;This <em>is</em> bigger and brighter things, dear.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Well, I&rsquo;m sure we&rsquo;ll talk about it plenty, but I see no reason not to keep your room about. I don&rsquo;t know what you overflowing will look like, but if it involves two thirds solitude and one third getting lost walking sims, I don&rsquo;t imagine you&rsquo;ll be around all the time.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Not at all, no. I will spend my share of time at the tent to be alone or out walking the world. Perhaps I will even ask you to double the rest of the house so that I can be alone somewhere domestic, not just the wild.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Well, I&rsquo;m sure we&rsquo;ll talk about it plenty, but I see no reason not to keep your room about, and your tent&rsquo;s certainly no trouble. I don&rsquo;t know what you overflowing will look like, but if it involves two thirds solitude and one third getting lost walking sims, I don&rsquo;t imagine you&rsquo;ll be around all the time.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Not at all, no. I will spend my share of time at the tent to be alone or out walking the world. Perhaps I will even ask you to double the rest of the house so that I can cook somewhere domestic, not just the wild.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Of course.&rdquo; Ey shrugged, tossing one of eir collected pebbles into the lake. &ldquo;Besides, I like having you around.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I am pleased to hear that. I had gathered such, but all the same, I would not want to be a bother.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Oh, not at all. It seems like we&rsquo;re all pretty good at sorting things out when they do come up, so I don&rsquo;t imagine it&rsquo;ll get to that point.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;And I am not impinging too much on your and May&rsquo;s relationship?&rdquo; she asked, holding out her paw for one of eir pebbles. &ldquo;I am asking her, too, and we will continue to talk together, but I also want to ask you directly.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Ey smiled, handing over the pebble. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think so. So long as we can still have time to ourselves when we need, I&rsquo;ll be happy.&rdquo;</p>
<p>She tossed the pebble out into the water. &ldquo;Of course, dear.&rdquo; After a pause, she grinned and added, &ldquo;She is gushing about you now. She loves you very much, you know.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I love her too. I worry, but all I can do is trust her.&rdquo;</p>
<p>She tossed the pebble out into the water. &ldquo;Of course, dear.&rdquo; After a pause, she grinned and added, &ldquo;She is gushing about you now. She loves you very much, you know.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Ioan chuckled. &ldquo;I love her too. I worry, but all I can do is trust her.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Yes. She will not betray that trust. I know to an extent just how much she means to you and to a much greater extent how much you mean to her.&rdquo;</p>
<p>They sat in quiet for a while, tossing pebbles into the water until ey ran out.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Hey Sasha?&rdquo;</p>
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<p>&ldquo;Do you miss anything from before all this?&rdquo;</p>
<p>She shrugged. &ldquo;It is hard to tell. As I have said, I liked being True Name. It was fulfilling. Every time I think about that now, though, it is intercut with memories of other happinesses. I will think about some particularly adroit political move and remember it fondly, but right along with it is a memory of a successful hunt or of making fun of you for your pen collection.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Ey laughed.</p>
<p>&ldquo;In confidence?&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Sure.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Do you remember when I asked May about how she cemented aspects of her personality by forking?&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Mmhm.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;There was one more change that I made during that meeting, which was to cement this triad of identities within me. It became who I am by accident, but it became an integral part of me. I welcomed it in, and I will ever be what I am. There is something pleasant about the just-off-center nature of that reality. I am Sasha, and I am also True Name, End Waking, and May. I am of three minds.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;There was one more change that I made during that meeting, which was to cement this triad of identities within me. It became who I am by accident, but it has an integral part of me. I welcomed it in, owned it, made it integral to myself. I will ever be what I am.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Really? You&rsquo;re okay staying in three parts?&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I am. There is something pleasant about the just-off-center nature of that reality. I am Sasha, and I am also True Name, E.W., and May. I am of three minds.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;So long as that works for you.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I think it will. It is a way to be earnestly myself.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Ey nodded. &ldquo;And I&rsquo;m guessing you don&rsquo;t miss the social part of that life too much? Jonas or Zacharias or the rest of your stanza.&rdquo;</p>
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<p>&ldquo;Of course. I will be leaning on you a lot for help.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I mean, you&rsquo;re leaning on me now.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Smartass,&rdquo; she drawled.</p>
<p>Ey grinned. &ldquo;I mean, no complaints. It&rsquo;s still a little surprising, sometimes. I guess on some level I&rsquo;m still sort of getting used to it, but May got me hooked on physical contact a long time ago.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Ey grinned. &ldquo;I mean, no complaints. It&rsquo;s still a little surprising, sometimes. I guess on some level I&rsquo;m still getting used to it, but May got me hooked on physical contact a long time ago.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;A coordinated attack on your defenses, yes,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It makes my job easier.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;What job?&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Just finding a way to stick around friends. Nothing nefarious, dear.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Ey shook eir head. &ldquo;Right, sorry. I trust you.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I agree with what May said, Ioan. Should I want anything beyond that, I will come by it earnestly.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I agree with what May said, Ioan. Should I want anything beyond that, I will come by it honestly. I will not manipulate my way into anything.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I appreciate that.&rdquo; Ey hugged an arm around her. Ey was grateful for her looking out at the lake rather than at em, given the heat ey could feel rising to eir cheeks. &ldquo;While we&rsquo;re being honest, though, I think we&rsquo;re sort of in the same boat, given what you share with May. We can both imagine that, but not necessarily the path from here to there. May called it &lsquo;the concept versus the mechanics&rsquo;.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Precisely. I imagine the same applies to you, that you will come by it honestly.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Precisely. I imagine the same applies to you, that you will come by it earnestly.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Ey nodded. &ldquo;Basically. Is it something you&rsquo;d want?&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;God, I have no fucking clue, Ioan,&rdquo; she said, laughing.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Definitely same boat, then. It&rsquo;s a problem for future Ioan.&rdquo;</p>
<p>They fell into silence again. Part of em was itching for more pebbles to toss into the water, but ey was too comfortable to get up to collect more from the beach.</p>
<p>&ldquo;That is a part of the reason that I kept that of my old cocladists,&rdquo; Sasha murmured. &ldquo;I kept some doubt from End Waking, enough to keep me grounded without keeping me torn. From May, I am keeping a little bit of overwhelming emotions. The possibility of simply falling for everyone around me is alluring. I can taste it in the memories, like a little bit of saccharine, gritty on the tongue. But I am keeping a little bit of caution from True Name so that it remains a new thing for me. I am of three minds Like a tree In which there are three blackbirds.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;That is a part of the reason that I kept that of my old cocladists,&rdquo; Sasha murmured. &ldquo;I kept some doubt from E.W., enough to keep me grounded without keeping me torn. From May, I am keeping a little bit of overwhelming emotions. The possibility of simply falling for everyone around me is alluring. I can taste it in the memories, like a little bit of saccharine, gritty on the tongue. But I am keeping a little bit of caution from True Name so that it remains a new thing for me. I am of three minds Like a tree In which there are three blackbirds.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Ey turned her words over in eir mind, along with whatever snippet of verse it was she&rsquo;d quoted. The thought was complete. Nothing ey could respond with would add to it. It was curious, and hinted at things beyond eir ken, but it was complete.</p>
<p>Instead, ey said, &ldquo;You&rsquo;re a good person, Sasha. All three of you are good people.&rdquo;</p>
<p>She laughed. &ldquo;And you, dear, are a dork. But come, my tail is falling asleep, and my fork&rsquo;s conversation with May has wrapped up and the one you love misses you greatly.&rdquo;</p>
<p>They walked back, then, hand in paw, following the trail as it dipped down to the water or ducked up into the trees. Back home, back to May, back to whatever it was that life had become.</p>
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<p>Wherein True Name and May reconcile, and we deal with the problem of the ownership of memory. 2350, Jonas&rsquo;s choice.</p>
<h2 id="mitzvot-outline">Mitzvot Outline</h2>
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<li class="done1"> Epigraph<ul>
<li class="done4"> Epigraph<ul>
<li class="rejected"> Numbers 15:31: (the being cut off part is good, but this equates jonas to god, so???)<ul>
<li>NRSV: Because of having despised the word of the Lord and broken his commandment, such a person shall be utterly cut off and bear the guilt.</li>
<li>Sefaria: Because it was the word of יהוה that was spurned and [Gods] commandment that was violated, that person shall be cut off—and bears the guilt.</li>
<li>Alter: For he has spurned the word of the Lord and His commandment he has violated. That person shall surely be cut off, his crime is upon him.</li>
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<li class="done1"> Exodus 23:7: (bit heavy handed wrt TN)<ul>
<li class="rejected"> Exodus 23:7: (bit heavy handed wrt TN)<ul>
<li>NRSV: Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and those in the right, for I will not acquit the guilty.</li>
<li>Sefaria: Keep far from a false charge; do not bring death on those who are innocent and in the right, for I will not acquit the wrongdoer.</li>
<li>Alter: From a lying word stay far away, and the guiltless and innocent do not kill, for I will not acquit the guilty.</li>
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<li class="done0"> Deuteronomy 23:22-24: (pretty long, but I like the &ldquo;refrain from vowing&rdquo; bit, also equates Jonas to God)<ul>
<li class="rejected"> Deuteronomy 23:22-24: (pretty long, but I like the &ldquo;refrain from vowing&rdquo; bit, also equates Jonas to God)<ul>
<li>NRSV (21-23): If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not postpone fulfilling it; for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and you would incur guilt. But if you refrain from vowing, you will not incur guilt. Whatever your lips utter you must diligently perform, just as you have freely vowed to the Lord your God with your own mouth.</li>
<li>Sefaria: When you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not put off fulfilling it, for the Lord your God will require it of you, and you will have incurred guilt; whereas you incur no guilt if you refrain from vowing. You must fulfill what has crossed your lips and perform what you have voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God, having made the promise with your own mouth.</li>
<li>Alter: Should you make a fow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the Lord your God will surely require it of you and there would be an offense in you. And you should refrain from making a vow, there will be no offense in you. The utterance of your lips you shall keep, and you shall do as you have vowed in the Lord your God, the freewill gift that you spoke with your mouth.</li>
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<p>[O] Reconciliation &mdash; After the merge and TN&rsquo;s collapse, she has to process two centuries of memories while Ioan and May have to process the results of the merge</p>
<p>[X] Reconciliation &mdash; After the merge and TN&rsquo;s collapse, she has to process two centuries of memories while Ioan and May have to process the results of the merge</p>
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<li class="done4"> <em>The living know that they will die / but the dead know nothing.</em> &mdash; By our very act of knowing, of remembering, of denying our own deaths, the dead are left in limbo, for every idea&rsquo;s opposite is the absence of that idea, and we can no longer grant them that.</li>
<li class="done4"> CHAPTER Ioan 2350<ul>
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<li class="done4"> <a href="032.html">Result for Jonas and Debarre</a> &mdash; They talk about how this is working for Jonas, how it&rsquo;s dangerous because it gives Jonas &amp; Co an opening through May&rsquo;s known weaknesses (less his because they haven&rsquo;t studied him nearly so much), how EW was requested to be there. Maybe some more about reactive elements? Debarre comes home to talk with e.g: user11824?</li>
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</li>
<li class="done3"> CHAPTER Ioan 2350<ul>
<li class="done4"> CHAPTER Ioan 2350<ul>
<li class="done4"> <a href="033.html">TN&rsquo;s path forward</a> &mdash; TN decides she&rsquo;s ready to start planning the meeting, has a better idea of what she&rsquo;ll become (maybe merge down? See where it goes)</li>
<li class="done4"> <a href="034.html">Ioan sets the meeting up</a> &mdash; Ey&rsquo;s acting as amanuensis and as close to a neutral party as there is, and Jonas is all asmirk at this. They head out, and are greeted by Zacharias, Ioan is struggling with anger, they&rsquo;re going to meet up in a week.</li>
<li class="done4"> <a href="035.html">They meet, they talk, TN changes</a> &mdash; Jonas talks about how the upcoming changes require a different kind of stability for continuity and TN just isn&rsquo;t gonna cut it, gives ultimata for her continued existence. TN becomes Sasha, and now she&rsquo;s all asmirk.</li>
<li class="done4"> <a href="036.html">Something innocent</a> &mdash; The aftermath. They get Serene to basically duplicate Arrowhead Lake in place of Sasha&rsquo;s field, etc Sasha works on finding a new purpose, realizes it&rsquo;s going to be a long process.</li>
<li class="done0"> <a href="037.html">Epilogue</a> Ioan and Sasha are drifting closer together as hinted at in 002, but this should a) look like it&rsquo;s going to end happily and b) be an active and open conversation because I am completely unwilling to lose any of them.<ul>
<li class="done0"> <em>To deny the end is to deny all beginnings, / and to deny beginnings is to become immortal, / and to become immortal is to repeat the past.</em> &mdash; It has been a quarter of a millenium since their death, and yet less than a quarter of a thousand people know their name. Fitting, then, that I tell you the story of the poet and the one true origin of our world, of our very own ghost in the system, of the whispers in your dreams and the one who binds us to immortality.</li>
<li class="done4"> <a href="037.html">Epilogue</a> Ioan and Sasha are drifting closer together as hinted at in 002, but this should a) look like it&rsquo;s going to end happily and b) be an active and open conversation because I am completely unwilling to lose any of them.<ul>
<li class="done4"> <em>To deny the end is to deny all beginnings, / and to deny beginnings is to become immortal, / and to become immortal is to repeat the past.</em> &mdash; It has been a quarter of a millenium since their death, and yet less than a quarter of a thousand people know their name. Fitting, then, that I tell you the story of the poet and the one true origin of our world, of our very own ghost in the system, of the whispers in your dreams and the one who binds us to immortality.</li>
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