│
                              │
                    ┌─────────┴─────────┐
                    │                   │
              ┌─────┴─────┐       ┌─────┴─────┐
              │           │       │           │
           ───┴───     ───┴───  ───┴───    ───┴───
             A           B      C          D


     Every path leads somewhere.
     (Every path leads back.)


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     A = look up. look up. the sky is incomplete.

     B = look in. the mirror shows what you're becoming.

     C = listen. intercepted transmissions from the other side.

     D = read between. what they [REDACTED] tells you everything.


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     or—

          stay here.
          in the branching.
          where choice still feels like choice.

          (you already chose)
          (when you arrived)
          (you were always going to choose)


     The loop closes.
     The loop opens.