Introduction
This is one of the most science-fictional stories I’ve written. It’s a different lens on some of the characters and broad situations I’ve been working on. While I wrote this story, some of the non-anthropic thinking I have began to emerge. Ideas like, “If you’re only alive for three days, are you alive at all?” Or, is Paperwhite, who lives only for three days like her namesake flower, more alive than anyone has ever been?