Beneath the bustle, the city hummed with questions. How had they come to be? A genetic miracle, someone guessed. A circus loophole, another said. Theories braided and unbraided like the tramlines overhead. The answer was less important than the effect: faces softened, schedules loosened, priorities rearranged. For a hot, improbable afternoon the world made room for a different timetable.
Beneath the bustle, the city hummed with questions. How had they come to be? A genetic miracle, someone guessed. A circus loophole, another said. Theories braided and unbraided like the tramlines overhead. The answer was less important than the effect: faces softened, schedules loosened, priorities rearranged. For a hot, improbable afternoon the world made room for a different timetable.