Editing Furcate (section)

===Relationships===
===="Mom"====
Women who raised Kay, she still thought of her fondly.<ref name="9.z 1"/> Not explicitly stated to be her mother.
====[[Tristan and Byron Vera]]====
Kay got on well with both of the Vera twins. She gave a piece of candy and a hug to Byron following a busy week for Team Reach.<ref name="9.x 1">Kay nodded.<br/><br/>“Okay,” Byron said.  He swallowed hard, then nodded.<br/><br/>Kay approached, until they stood behind him.  “Open.”<br/><br/>“Wha-” Byron started.  A hard object was pressed between his teeth.<br/><br/>One of Kay’s old lady lemon candies, that tasted like menthol, citrus, and ass.  Kay’s favorite.<br/><br/>Just as he was coming around to the idea that this too could be masochistic, he felt Kay’s arms around his shoulders.  A hug from behind, Kay’s face smushed against the side of his head. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/09/13 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 9.x II]]</ref> Byron noted when Kay settled on a duplicate with a low mental health score, prepared to comfort her if need be.<ref>''Two?''<br/><br/>Byron tapped his head.<br/><br/>Mental.  Emotional.  He’d keep an eye out for Kay, some shitty candy and a hug ready if Kay seemed low. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/09/22 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 9.y II]]</ref>

Kay and Tristan were close, with Kay comforting him following Byron's supposed death.<ref>Furcate bodily collided with Tristan.  Their arms wrapped around him in a hug.  Again, as it had with Figurehead’s half-hug of support, the armor prevented Tristan from feeling the body contact.<br/><br/>Furcate moved their mask, pulling it so it sat sideways.  The side of their head pressed against Tristan’s.<br/><br/>“I’m so sorry,” Furcate whispered. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/10/16 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 9.z II]]</ref> Tristan considered her an ally, though not someone he could open up with.<ref>Furcate stood off to the side, staring.<br/><br/>That hurt.  It threw him.<br/><br/>He couldn’t tell Furcate, he realized.  They’d never been someone he could really talk with, but they’d been an ally.  He couldn’t tell Nate.  He couldn’t tell anyone. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/10/16 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 9.z II]]</ref> Nevertheless, Tristan almost confessed to Kay before stopping himself, afraid of hurting her.<ref>What was he supposed to say?  Any words he uttered, any proof he gave, it would be as good as sealing his own fate, and it would devastate K.<br/><br/>Could he hurt them that badly?<br/><br/>Irrationally, he knew the right thing to do, but with the small sorts of pain he would inflict so clear in front of his face, looking at him with worry, he couldn’t bring himself to say it any more clearly. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/10/16 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 9.z II]]</ref> He had a affectionate nickname for Kay, azúcar, meaning sugar.<ref>[A18 12:34:44] Cap: Furcate –azúcar- you were one of my favorite<br/>[A18 12:35:17] Cap: those days were some of my best and some of my worst<br/>[A18 12:36:11] Cap: you were some of the best parts of the best days<br/>[...]<br/>[A18 12:42:12] Moonsong: I’ll let the others know you said it. [...] Tristan. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/10/24 Excerpt] from [[Glow-worm P.2]]<br/><br/><br/>Tristan clapped a hand onto Furcate’s shoulder.  “You good, ''azúcar''?”<br/><br/>Furcate nodded. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/09/22 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 9.y II]]</ref><ref name=reunion/>

====[[Moonsong]]====
Due to Moonsong's prejudices, Furcate's relationship with her was strained. Tristan called Moonsong out for "[making] Furcate more miserable than anyone"; at one point, Tristan noticed Kay crying once after talking to Brianna.<ref>[A18 12:11:47] Cap: a thinly veiled outline of furcates many problems<br/><br/>[A18 12:11:56] Cap: you couldn’t resist saying you didn’t like them<br/><br/>[A18 12:11:23] Moonsong: Are you done?<br/><br/>[A18 12:12:13] Cap: you made furcate more miserable than anyone<br/><br/>[A18 12:12:26] Moonsong: Apparently not<br/><br/>[A18 12:12:29] Cap: you never once tried to understand them just like you never once tried to understand me - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/10/24/glow-worm-0-2/ Excerpt] from [[Glow-worm P.2]]</ref><ref>Tristan could only think about Furcate, sitting on stairs outside, back to the windows, wiping at their face.  It had been after Brianna had said something to them.  He wasn’t sure Byron got it, despite having seen.  That, or that Byron hadn’t wanted to get it.  Willful ignorance. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/09/22 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 9.y II]]</ref> Kay disliked Brianna and was generally distrustful of her.<ref>He had to move his head to see Furcate’s mask.  “Two huh?  I don’t want to pry, but-”<br/><br/>“You can pry,” Furcate said.  They looked back.  “So long as it’s you, and not you and Moonsong together.”<br/><br/>“Moonsong has your back, Furcate,” Coiffure said.<br/><br/>“She cares about you,” Byron added.<br/><br/>Furcate shrugged. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/09/22 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 9.y II]]</ref>

Following Furcate's death during Gold Morning, Moonsong stated that she had respected Furcate, despite their tense relationship.<ref name="GW P.2 2">Furcate decided to fight on that monumental day and that says so much when not everyone was brave enough to do that. Furcate was wild and tortured and beautiful. They were a handful and yet they rewarded us with ten positive things for every negative we had to overcome. I’d like to think they got something out of putting up with us in much the same way.<br/><br/>I want what I say here to be honest. I did not get along with Furcate the vast majority of the time. Furcate did not get along with me. I still respected them immensely. They said one word for every thousand the rest of us said and yet they could convey so much in their actions. I keep saying those things, using math like ‘ten times over’, but it’s so very Furcate. They overflowed, they swelled. The cup runneth over. I look back and I’m dazed by how much of a place they found in my heart and my thoughts. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/10/24 Excerpt] from [[Glow-worm P.2]]</ref> Moonsong alleges she held and comforted Furcate as she died, but she nevertheless misgendered her even after her death.<ref name="GW P.2">[A18 12:16:39] Moonsong: I didn’t like furcate. I did love and respect him as a teammate.<br/>[A18 12:16:51] Moonsong: I damn well held him at the end. For a long time. I talked to him the entire time. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/10/24 Excerpt] from [[Glow-worm P.2]]</ref> With Kay's revival Moonsong has improved somewhat.<ref>“Well, I can tell you I’ve been there.  Not as intense as what you got as far as… picking up on what others were saying around me.  But it doesn’t feel like thought control now.  I used to be homophobic.  I’m… better, I guess.  I think it’s a weird thing to do, but I can roll with it.  An old teammate resurfaced, came back from the dead, actually, and reminded me-” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/11/12 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 17.z II]]</ref>