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ACT I

The momentous occasion of my conception was accompanied by a prophecy.

I would be known.

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Bobby - 7/1/1985, 12:06 p.m.

A man and woman were walking toward the house. Cradled on her hip, the woman carried a small child of no more than two years old.

They were colored.

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Good news: I have a path. Bad news: I’m being surveilled.

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Bobby - 3/15/2024, 10:19 a.m.

The door clattered shut behind him, cutting him off from the morning light. The smell hit him first—a thick mix of stale cigarette smoke, marijuana, and sweat. The carpet felt sticky under his feet.

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ACT II

For the first time in my life, when I said I was going to do something, I believed myself. Day by day, I was gathering evidence that I could be trusted to honor my word.

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Bobby - 12/3/1996, 4:41 p.m.

As he bent to pick up the scattered newspapers, Bobby was suddenly aware of being watched.

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Pickles & Motor Oil | Post 493

I stepped onto the Gravity 3000 and the results were… um… not what I would consider accurate.

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Bobby - 3/15/2024, 10:06 a.m.

Rick put a hand on Bobby’s shoulder and gave it a squeeze. “You ain’t broken, kid,” he said. “You’re just scared—like we’re all scared.”

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ACT III

After years of security—same job, same home—I am reckoning with the complacency that brought me here, stuck at the top of a ladder leaning against the wrong wall.

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