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The Reality is
The author wants readers to understand that reality is not personal or fair, and meaning is created by humans, not inherent in the universe. The author also wants readers to grasp that time is finite and the present moment is all we truly…
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Previously
…And for the first time in hours, the tension in her shoulders dropped. The past was still there, in the recorder's memory, in Caiden's draft, in the columns that would follow her forever. But the present had tart, and friends, and a terrible name that somehow worked. Ashley looked around the table. Rowan was stealing her slice. Maya was refilling coffee. Leo was redrawing arrows on a clean napkin. Michelle was laughing at something he'd said. This, she thought, is what meaning feels like when you stop looking for it. It just shows up. With tart. She took her slice back from Rowan, who protested, and bit into it. It was perfect.