"Have you ever noticed," she asked, "how a small stone can ripple the surface of a mirror lake?" The man turned his head, thoughts dangling like twilight moths. "Yes," he replied, "but the ripples never mirror the stone's shape."

As they spoke, gravity seemed less curious about its hold on words.

A driftwood log levitated, offering solace and stillness, while their shadows danced an unruly waltz on the horizon.

“One chooses the stone, the other the lake,” murmured the unseen seagull perched atop clouds unseen.

Contemplate this dance, how it leads to reflections not of flesh or blood but of moments unspoken. Would you cast a stone, knowing not its trajectory? Find parallel oceans, and maybe, just maybe you weave your sequence of unseen ripples.

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