we grasped, and swung, and found our new perch together. And there’s something in the universe, a principle or a force or an awareness, that makes sure that there will always be a next branch. Not everyone agrees on what it is, but everyone respects it. You could translate it as god, or chi, or—” Here he used a couple of human words I didn’t recognize. “I tend to think of it as a force. One that listens, but answers in branches, not in words.”
