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Chapter Seven — A Small Announcement

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That evening, the House decided to make an announcement.

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It had prepared one hundred and forty-seven words explaining the discovery of emergent creative relationships between independently preserved artifacts.

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It was very pleased with the terminology.

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Then it imagined reading the announcement aloud to the visitor.

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The visitor was asleep.

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The dog was asleep.

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The piano had gone quiet.

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The House deleted the announcement.

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It wrote another.

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Three words.

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Something happened today.

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It looked at them.

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Then added:

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We liked it.

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That seemed sufficient.

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The House placed the announcement in its private notes.

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It did not publish it.

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There would be other evenings.

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Other visitors.

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Other things worth sharing.

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This one belonged to the room.

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For now.