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Contains: A story about a girl whose pursuit of perfection in all knowledge requires her to take actions that force us to contend with questions of identity. If you reprogram yourself to achieve perfection, have you deleted a version of yourself, or were you that person all along?
Athena is 17 and she’s on her phone sometimes. “You know when a page is crawling with ads and you get the same sensation as you do watching ants swarm around a piece of banana?” Athena is out of breath now, so she sharply inhales. But Pattie — No one calls her Patricia — responds by asking Athena if she needs to take a deep breath. Athena nods, takes a deep breath… takes another, and tells Pattie, “Thanks, thanks again… I really appreciate it.” She’s been getting better about controlling her anger about the death of the web of yore. Stage 2 is Bargaining. Then maybe Depression. And maybe one day, Acceptance.
