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I am continuing to experiment with writing some fiction on this blog. Here is a story I wrote today. Where were words when you needed them the most? Lena had been searching for the answer to that question for her whole life. For Lena, telling a story to light coming from a million miles away felt somehow easier, more comforting, than looking someone in the eye. A woman of few words since childhood, when “please” and “thank you” comprised most of what she said, the light of the stars opened Le...