Day 196 of 2026
“The Muffin Rejection”
CIVIC FAUNA (MIDWINTER)
Badger, Heron: observed 14:32, corner of Colombo and Lichfield.
Subject A carrying manila folder (contents: dense). Expression: controlled.
Subject B: ambulatory deviation of approximately 11 degrees toward thermal source.
A dropped page — DRAFT AGREEMENT, clause 4 still pending — acquires moisture.
The muffins, noted and dismissed.
The pie: noted, not dismissed.
A mouse on a sill watches the whole thing with the patience of an archivist.
Temperature: genuinely cold.