{"id":595,"date":"2026-08-17T16:30:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depthguide.com\/?p=595"},"modified":"2026-08-18T22:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T22:13:18","slug":"the-window-that-looked-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depthguide.com\/?p=595","title":{"rendered":"The Window That Looked Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tales from the Universe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moral Dilemma:<\/strong> If you could see the terrible things that might happen to the people you love, how much of their freedom would you be justified in taking away to prevent those futures?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The window showed tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not ten years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not destiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira discovered this because she saw her neighbor&#8217;s chimney fall before it happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The window had been in the attic when she bought the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cloudy glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Too thick to see through clearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira planned to replace it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then one evening she looked through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her neighbor Pell was standing beside his house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chimney was lying across his vegetable garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bricks everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pell had both hands on his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira looked away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chimney was still standing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She looked through again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Standing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPell!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He came outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYour chimney is going to fall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pell looked up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo, it isn&#8217;t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow do you know?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira considered explaining the magical attic window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt looks unstable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pell inspected it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt looks fine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPlease.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMira.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJust don&#8217;t stand near it tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pell laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next afternoon, the chimney collapsed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exactly as Mira had seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nobody was hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pell stopped laughing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They tested the window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At sunset, it showed approximately the same place one day later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They placed a red chair in the yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through the window, the chair was overturned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They left it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next day, wind knocked it over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They moved a barrel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The window showed it split.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next day, a cart backed into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pell became excited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe can prevent things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira became frightened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Same discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Different response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At first, they used it for obvious dangers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A horse loose in the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A kitchen fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A tree falling across a house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every warning worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People began asking Mira to look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCheck my journey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCheck my shop.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCheck my daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCheck the harvest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The window became famous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira&#8217;s attic became crowded every evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then she saw Pell dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was lying beside the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Face down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira screamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pell pushed past her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She blocked the window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMira.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDon&#8217;t go to the river tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His face changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat did you see?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPromise me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat did you see?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPromise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then nodded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira locked him inside her house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pell objected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou said don&#8217;t go to the river.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou might change your mind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI won&#8217;t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou might forget.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMira.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She kept the key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He became angry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She didn&#8217;t care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tomorrow arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pell remained inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At sunset, alive, he said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHappy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOpen the door.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pell walked home without speaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next evening, Mira checked again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pell was alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then she saw her sister with a broken arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDon&#8217;t ride tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPlease.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her sister sighed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMira.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo horse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She stayed home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No broken arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then Mira saw her nephew with a burned hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She kept him away from the stove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then her mother falling on stairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira made her stay downstairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then Pell being kicked by a horse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira told him not to visit the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pell refused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They argued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou asked me to check.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI asked whether the roof would leak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI saw you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDoing what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGetting hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow badly?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don&#8217;t know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo now I can&#8217;t go to market?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira stared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou could be seriously injured.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI could also be bruised.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou don&#8217;t know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNeither do you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pell went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The horse kicked him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the thigh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He limped for a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira was furious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pell was delighted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou nearly got kicked to death.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI got a bruise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou didn&#8217;t know that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cExactly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He pointed toward the attic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNeither did you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The window showed events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not meanings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A person crying could be grieving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or laughing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A shattered window could mean violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or renovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blood could mean murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or childbirth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira began discovering how much interpretation she had added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That did not stop her looking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It made her look more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She checked everyone she loved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soon she had rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mother doesn&#8217;t use stairs tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nephew stays home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sister avoids horses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pell does not cross the bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira does not enter the bakery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At first, everyone cooperated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then they became tired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her sister finally shouted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have not ridden in three weeks!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI keep seeing accidents.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou see me falling off horses because I ride horses!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat is part of riding!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou could die.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI could die walking here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira went quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her sister pointed toward the attic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCheck.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCheck whether I die tomorrow walking home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don&#8217;t use it that way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou absolutely use it that way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira checked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through the window, her sister lay in the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira&#8217;s stomach turned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou&#8217;re staying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her sister laughed bitterly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She slept at Mira&#8217;s house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following evening, she was alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira checked again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her sister was lying beside a well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her sister beneath a tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On stairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beside the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every tomorrow contained a different disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira stopped sleeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pell found her surrounded by notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSomething is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith the window?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira&#8217;s sister sat in the corner, furious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have been imprisoned for six days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira ignored her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEvery day she dies somewhere different.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pell looked at the window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then at the notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMaybe the window isn&#8217;t showing what will happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe know that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pell shook his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe know it shows things that <em>can<\/em> happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mira stared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They tested it differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pell looked through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He saw himself falling from a ladder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then Mira looked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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