Chapter 23 – The Distance That Doesn’t Break

Chapter 23: Chapter 23 – The Distance That Doesn’t Break

The city did not slow down for me, nor did it pause long enough to acknowledge that I had entered it without a destination, without a plan, and without any certainty about what would come next. It moved with a steady, almost indifferent rhythm, carrying people forward in ways that seemed effortless to them but entirely foreign to me.

And yet, despite how easily I blended into the crowd, I could not shake the feeling that something had changed.

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