Episode notes
Meera noticed things.
I had understood this within an hour of meeting her, the way you understand the weather of a person before you have any specific evidence for it, just the pressure-change of being near someone who is taking in more than they let on. But the evidence accumulated over four days, and by the end of it the accumulation was, frankly, impressive — the more so because she did so little with what she gathered. Most people who notice things are eager to be seen noticing; the noticing is half performance, a way of saying look how much I see. Meera noticed the way a good camera notices. Silently. For later. Without any apparent need to develop the film in front of you.
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