Editing Furcate (section)

====[[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/>