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Look Closer

Told by Zayden

Zayden, the Estate's storyteller, turns the Estate's motto into a song: look closer, listen longer, judge less quickly.

Now write

A reflection to keep

A reflection to keep from this chapter — what stays with you, and what might you carry into your small hours tonight?

This stays on this page. Nothing is sent or saved.

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Thinks he’s falling behind

Zayden Cole

Everyone else is graduating, buying, marrying and getting promoted. Zayden is still figuring himself out, and the scoreboard is loud.

The next door

If this story spoke to you…

Maybe this story was yours too. Follow the thread.

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