The child’s question echoes not as challenge but as catalyst. Storytellers — purist and Echo-Chaser alike — weave new threads not to answer the question, but to deepen it.
Shared silence becomes a vessel for a single shared experience. The question is revealed not as a flaw in the story but as a sign that the story has a heart — and that heart was beating with a question. Contiguous 69→2093, zero gaps, md5-distinct.
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