Ten days straight, I took double watches just to keep from counting the days. Today my hands were empty, so I practiced how to ask for something taken from me back, just for one day.

• YuanaPlaned down where the chart room doorframe used to creak. It opens quiet now.
  SelviaI won't say thank you. Still, I was glad that sound was gone today.
• TheoTeacher, you weren't looking at the stars today. Just the sea.