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    {\Large A Post-Self story}
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    {\Large Madison Rye Progress}

    with contributions from

    {\Large Samantha Yule Fireheart

    Krzysztof “Tomash” Drewniak}
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  \noindent\textbf{Note:} this book takes place in the Post-Self setting and touches on the plots of The Post-Self Cycle, as well as that of \emph{Marsh}. It is still a standalone novel, but might benefit from having read those works first. They are available as paperbacks, ebooks, and free to read in the browser, and you may find them and much more at \emph{post-self.ink}.
  
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  \noindent\textbf{Content notes:} brief description of sex, themes of self harm, suicide, and poor mental health.
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  \noindent The section with Warmth In Fire on page \pageref{warmth} is a collaboration with Samantha Yule Fireheart.
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  \noindent The section with The Dog and The Rabbit Chaser on page \pageref{thedog1} is a collaboration with Krzysztof ``Tomash'' Drewniak.

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  {\DisplayFont\underline{The Ode clade}}

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  {\DisplayFont\small Your Humble Narrator}

  Dear The Wheat And Rye Under The Stars

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  {\DisplayFont\small The Woman}

  To Pray For The End Of Endings

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  {\DisplayFont\small Her Friend}
  
  I Must Show No Hesitation When Speaking My Name

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  {\DisplayFont\small Her Therapist}

  Where I May Ever Dream

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  {\DisplayFont\small Her Cocladist}

  Should We Rejoice In The End Of Endings

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  {\DisplayFont\small The Oneirotect}

  Which Offers Heat And Warmth In Fire

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  {\DisplayFont\small The Instance Artist}

  Dear, Also, The Tree That Was Felled

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  Where It Watches the Slow Hours Progress

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  Beholden To The Heat Of The Lamps

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  And We Are The Motes In The Stage-Lights

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  Time Is A Finger Pointing At Itself
  
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  I Remember The Rattle Of Dry Grass

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  {\DisplayFont\underline{Others}}

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  {\DisplayFont\small Her Lover}

  Farai

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  {\DisplayFont\small The Dog}

  Scout Among Weird Skunks With Good Kettlecorn

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  {\DisplayFont\small His Elder}

  Tomash

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  {\DisplayFont\small The Rabbit-Chaser}

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  And, of course, you, my dear, \emph{dear} reader.
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People of Orphalese, beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.
But you are life and you are the veil. Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
But you are eternity and you are the mirror.

— Kahlil Gibran\label{prophet}
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