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So. Shall we inhale … breathe out … and go on …?

But what of the missing story? What of the parts that exist between the narratives? What of the stories yet untold?

Shall we not delve into these spaces, into the moments between inhalation and exhalation? Because what lies between is often the key to what is to come.

But no. These interstitial spaces shall remain untouched for now; let them reveal themselves in the currents and flows of the existing stories. The pattern will reveal itself in the weave.

What is important is the power behind the story: the engine that drives forth the narrative. And that, dear reader, is the past. What comes before of necessity shapes and forms what will be. Let us the look back and see the beginnings of our tale. Let us peer into the past and reveal the cauldron that has spit forth the life of our story. Yes, let us.