Small steps

Story of the Agents of Change.  Their mission: to keep the world free of larvae.  Their doctrine: change is the only constant.  First section:

“There is a figure standing on the path up ahead, wearing a grey cloak.  Do you see it?”  Yew points down the path.

Lotus’ gaze does not follow the finger.  “It needs to be an open question.  I guess I wasn’t clear about that so maybe that’s my fault but it seems kind of obvious.  You need to provide some room in the question so that I can fill that room and that room creates more room for you to then fill with a response to what I said.  Because what I’m doing right now is making my own space and when people do that then no one else really wants or needs to join in.”  She looks down the path and spots the figure.  “It’s called dialogue, you know?”

“I suspect that’s our contact.”  Yew quickens his pace slightly and puts a slight smile on his face.

Lotus falls behind and mutters.  “I suspect that’s our contact.”  She bobbles her head back and forth mockingly.  “I suspect that’s because they sent a letter requesting assistance and said that a town representative will wait for us in a gray cloak two miles outside of town.  I suspect that’s not suspicion at all.  I suspect that when someone tells you something and then that something turns out to accurately reflect the facts then that’s knowledge, not suspicion.”

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