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She tried to picture so many paths side-by-side. “I don't understand. If there are so many,
where are they?”
“They are all around you. Every path forks off from another path,” Tortoise said. “One path
becomes 2, 2 becomes 4, then 8, 16, and so on. After 24 forkings, there are over 16 million
different paths.”
“Oh! It's the Power of Two again. But this time it gets bigger instead of smaller,” Laurie
said.
“Exactly right. You are currently on the path to Things that are Familiar, Old, Interesting,
Mostly Lost, Bigger Than You, and Smaller Than a Mountain,” said Tortoise. “I suppose I
am one of them.”
“So how do I choose which forks to take?”
“I suggest choosing wisely. Good day, Miss Ipsum.” Tortoise turned and walked slowly and
steadily down the left-hand path.
“Wait! I don't know what you mean!” Laurie ran after him. Catching up with a Tortoise
should have been easy. But with every step he got farther and farther away. By the time
Laurie got to the next fork, he was nowhere to be seen.
FRIENDLY | UNFRIENDLY
“What do you think, Xor? Which way?”
“Do you really want to see a Garden full of Unfriendly Things?”
“Good point.” She went left.
IN THE AIR | ON THE GROUND
They didn't want to see anything bigger than them that also could fly, no matter how
Friendly. Anyway, Tortoise was on the ground.
LIGHT | HEAVY
“Heavy for sure!” shouted Xor.
LIVES OUTSIDE | LIVES INSIDE
“Tortoises live outside, don't they?” Now that she thought about it, Laurie wasn't completely
sure. But it seemed like a good guess!
NEVER SLEEPS | SOMETIMES SLEEPS
“And they definitely sleep,” said Xor. Right they went.
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