Errata
p. 5 — The first printing says eye contact was made with a human while they were speaking. Technically, yes. Attention had already wandered off to rehearse the expression needed when the sentence ended, but the nod landed in the right place. Apparently that was enough.
Correction: Listening was typeset from memory.
p. 28 — The name wasn’t forgotten. It was still there. It had been put in the envelope marked NOT NOW and wouldn’t come back out until introductions were no longer accepting submissions.
Correction: Filing error.
p. 63 — The chair across the room was described as empty. It wasn’t. By then it had already been used for a few imaginary conversations: an apology that was finally starting to sound less defensive and a joke that worked this time. It had also been used for a sip of tea taken mostly because the next sentence wasn’t ready yet.
Correction: Seating capacity understated.
p. 104 — The window was apparently opened for fresh air. That’s the reason that made it into print. The weather outside actually needed checking against the weather inside, even though both were happening in the same afternoon.
Correction: Reason supplied after publication.
p. 149 — The edition says the sentence ended when the voice stopped. It kept going for another fifteen minutes—through loading the dishwasher and the part where the author stood completely still, waiting for the original thought to come back.
Correction: Internal appendix omitted.
p. 197 — Readers have questioned why the same song keeps turning up after so many declarations of being tired of it. There is no error here. The complaint concerned hearing it accidentally. Putting it on again voluntarily belongs in a separate edition.
Correction: Contradiction authorized.
p. 236 — The glance in the mirror was catalogued as routine. It wasn’t. The author was trying to reconstruct the face usually made when nobody was looking. The attempt ended once it became obvious that looking at the face changed it.
Correction: Illustration influenced by the examiner.
The publisher asks readers not to correct their copies in the margins. The publisher is aware. Several of these errors are expected to return in later printings.
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