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You don’t believe there should

be a why in things.

I don’t. I don’t think

there needs to be a why

for things to matter. I

don’t think you need to be

productive, to have a reason. I

think it’s enough to want

to know what carrot seeds

look like, the end.

And I love you for that. But

what are you getting at?

I think if you’re going to

change the big stuff—change

ecosystems, change animals,

change other worlds—then

there does have to be a why,

actually. That’s where why

must come into play.

Or else?

Or else you hurt things.

Break things.

True. But you can do that even

if you’re trying very hard not

to. It happens all the time.

True.

We can’t be perfect. We can

only move.

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We’re in the dark now, Colibri. What did you want to tell me?