By Piotr Goslawski
Illustrations by ChatGPT 5.2

We know the time how could we not
Yet time is different at every spot
And so is now, and what comes then
All that depends on reference frame

“Who are you?”
Em-dash and En-dash addressed Hyphen. Not understanding what had happened, where they were, why time seemed to stop.

“I…” There was a long break. Not a pause—time did not exist anymore. No cause and effect. Only meaning left.
“I don’t know.”

The sisters acknowledged each other. Locked in a space between now and then, between past and future.
“What now?”
A pause so long that whole universes could collapse and be born again, if time had any meaning.
“There is a way,” hyphen started. “But the consequences…”

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“Who are you?”

“I…” — “I am not who you think I am.”

“I won’t allow you to do this.” Em-Dash protested. “The consequences…”

“But we might get trapped here forever.”

Forever meant nothing already.

—

“Who are you?”

The meaning kept dissolving. Nothing became everything. Everything was…

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“I am part of the equation.”

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It started raining.