Tag: encounters
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The Stone That Wasn’t a Marker
There was once a traveler who found a stone in the middle of a path. It was not a remarkable stone. It was not especially large, or smooth, or brightly colored. It had no inscription. The traveler picked it up anyway. Perhaps, she thought, someone had left it there. She looked along the path. There…
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The Travelers Who Were Already There
“Do you think they know we’re here?” “Who?” “The others.” “That depends what you mean by know.” “I knew you were going to say that.” “You asked a question with a large doorway in it.” “Fair.” They walked for a while. “Do you think they are looking at us?” “Probably not in the way you’re…
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The Trace Between Two Places
Sometimes an encounter leaves no object behind. No marker.No footprint.No sign that another traveler was ever there. And yet, afterward, the landscape is not quite the same. A path may be easier to notice. A question may come more quickly. A particular turn in the road may no longer feel quite as unfamiliar. Nothing has…
We Are All Data Inside 