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Kiri's up early the next morning, restless with various low-level simmering concerns, and wanders out of her room.
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He shrugs.
"Nothing that important, I guess. Just - in terms of... thoughts, feelings, identity, I'm not any more of a king than a queen."
"Nothing that important, I guess. Just - in terms of... thoughts, feelings, identity, I'm not any more of a king than a queen."
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Patience thinks about this.
"Okay. Queen of being coru," she shrugs. "But anyway the torz that is big in my head is not a separate critter, it isn't like I have a hamster made of rocks running around in there. It's more - pervasive."
"Okay. Queen of being coru," she shrugs. "But anyway the torz that is big in my head is not a separate critter, it isn't like I have a hamster made of rocks running around in there. It's more - pervasive."
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"Yeah. I think I'm still different," he says. "Because - it wasn't a thing, in Thiyec. I wasn't going around being coru. I was just me. I'm the same person either way, but in Thiyec nobody thinks about elements, so I didn't either. It'd be different for you, right? If you went and lived in Thiyec for a few years you'd still be torz torz torz, you might have less reason to think about it but it'd still be a thing that you'd think, wouldn't it? Being in a different country where nobody cared wouldn't be enough to make it stop mattering to you."
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"I don't think you're literally all kinds of weird. You'd have to be... green, and have an extra arm, and stuff."
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"But you can still talk and recognize that chairs are not muffins and stuff."
Are they proceeding towards other primes yet?
Are they proceeding towards other primes yet?
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They are! They are indeed thusly proceeding.
"Yep! I am totally clear on the difference between chairs and muffins. Muffins are tastier."
"Yep! I am totally clear on the difference between chairs and muffins. Muffins are tastier."
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"So much tastier! Do you still cook? I mean, um," she coughs, "so, do you cook? Oh, this is gonna be hard, I'm sorry in advance if I screw it up."
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Nuzzles.
"I'm getting used to the thing faster than I expected. Not, like, instantly, but fast."
"I'm getting used to the thing faster than I expected. Not, like, instantly, but fast."
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"Yeah, it was very - sensory at first, in this squishy weird new way, but now I'm turning it into information better."
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"It's still pretty squishy. I wonder if it will always be squishy. Does your thing feel wet?"
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"I guess," he says, "yeah. I don't know, it feels - like itself? Water and blood are both wet things, though, so you're not wrong."