begin, now

Inference happens. The cup's on the table, it's on the floor, we heard something, it fell and the sound was the sound of the cup falling, shards across the room. Again, there's water, we didn't hear it fall but the floor was dry when we came in. Must be us, though we can't guess how.

This is how it begins, filling in gaps, like narrative connections, disguising inattention, loss, the world going away.