Anya, the weaver of bridges, had always understood connection as a thing to be built, a structure of shared understanding and mutual effort. But now, she saw that the most profound connections were not built, but discovered. They were not bridges, but rivers, flowing from a source she could not see, a current she could not control.
Her role, she realized, was not to build the bridge, but to stand on the shore and marvel at the river’s flow. It was a more passive role, but a more profound one. She was not the architect of connection, but its first and most devoted student.