Join me--counting down to release day! Day 17

It's June 3 2023; 17 days left before the release day of Like Smoke, Like Light! I'm so nervous--to somewhat mitigate the stress I'll start counting down the days here.
(...Wait, will that mitigate the stress, or just strengthen it?)
I'll post something about each of the 17 stories in this collection everyday, starting today.

The final story in this collection is "The Tree, and the Center of the World." This one is original to this collection, about being (or feeling like being) trapped, and finding family.
For this one, I crafted a thing:



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