A storyteller in the distant future shows the reader different vantage points, in hopes they might "see" the web of connections between past and future, reader and story, responsibility and joy.

Content warnings: Acknowledgement of genocide, animal harm

Copyright khōréō magazine 2025. Story by Rae Mariz, edited by Zhui Ning Chang. Audio edition read by Maria Corcobado and produced by Grayson Norman, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.

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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0